About Our Cooperative
Beyond Care, Child Care Cooperative was launched in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in June 2008. With the support of the Center for Family Life (CFL), 25 immigrant women have come together to conceptualize, plan and launch a membership cooperative business. The business plan was based on models of immigrant owned cooperatives (particularly in Long Island and Oakland, CA) that have been successful in helping immigrant men and women increase income, build internal leadership and provide mutual support.
The cooperative is designed to promote living wage jobs that will be done in a safe and healthy environment, as well as to provide social supports and educational opportunities for our members
We have more than 30 cooperative members who have completed business development and nanny training through our respective probationary periods.
Beyond Care, Child Care Cooperative receives support and guidance from the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, a nonprofit community-based organization providing social services for children, youth and families in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, since 1978.