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We shaped the design and curriculum for the Chicago Cooperative Developer Cohort with input from local partners including UIC, Upside Down Consulting, Centro Trabajadores Unidos, and Chicago Community and Workers' Rights. We are launching the application for the cohort at the end of the month and will be selecting participants in December. Feedback from local partners was critical in informing the cohort's content and structure. We also interviewed several Chicago WEB grantees to inform our ecosystem education plans for next year including UIC, Manufacturing Renaissance, and Project Equity. We heard clearly that there is a need for accountants and bookkeepers familiar with cooperative business structures. We are developing a recruitment plan and training series to address this service gap. We are also shaping a broader business service provider event and training program for next year with input from the worker cooperative working group. This would include an emphasis on business retention and equipping 'trusted messengers' to refer their clients to a simple referral process hosted on the CCWBE platform. We are finalizing these proposals in October and November.

While the delay in finalizing the contract didn't affect our ability to develop our programs, we did notice that it was a challenge for several organizations that we have been working with to scope our projects. We are grateful that most if not all of the contracts have been finalized and are excited to continue working with our partners to shape our projects together.

We really appreciate the worker cooperative working group that UIC helps to convene. It's an important community of learning and practice and we're grateful for the opportunity to present ideas for input and constructive feedback. This has been helpful in shaping our cooperative ecosystem education plans.

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We developed and in some cases deepened our relationships to Coop Ed Center, Centro Trabajadores Unidos, and Chicago Community and Workers' Rights. They have been critical informants to the design of our Chicago Cooperative Developers Cohort and their staff members and partners may also participate. We also connected with A Bookkeeping Cooperative, a national-serving worker cooperative to see how they can help us build cooperative financial literacy amongst worker coops themselves and the capacity of cooperative developers to provide this training.

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Coop Ed Center, Centro Trabajadores Unidos, Chicago Community and Workers' Rights, UIC, Manufacturing Renaissance, and Project Equity

The design and content for the Chicago Cooperative Developer Cohort and our developing cooperative ecosystem training services.

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