March 12 - 14, 2025
Dulles, VA
Cooperative Ownership - United in Purpose
The United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives, recognizing the cooperative model as an essential solution to global challenges and a catalyst for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Building on this significant moment, this year's National Home Care Cooperative Conference theme is "Cooperative Ownership - United in Purpose." The conference will focus on cooperative ownership and the incredible power that comes from working together towards a common purpose.
Whether you're interested in governance or business topics like marketing and financial management, all sessions will highlight the important roles and responsibilities each cooperative member plays in achieving success. We'll share tools and resources to improve this work within the home care cooperative sector, learning from each other and from our speakers. We'll also showcase how cooperation among cooperatives amplifies our collective impact.
Join us to celebrate the strength of unity and discover how we can reach new heights together. Cooperatives thrive when everyone works together!
Hotel
Courtyard Dulles Town Center
45500 Majestic Drive
Dulles, VA 20166
571-434-6400
Conference rate - $160 USD/night plus taxes and fees. The last day to reserve to receive the conference rate is Tuesday, February 11.
Airports:
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Washington Dulles International (IAD), complimentary shuttle available upon request.
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Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), no complimentary shuttle.
Venue
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
20701 Cooperative Way
Dulles, VA 20166
If you are using a GPS and the location does not populate, enter Sterling as the city. CFC is a 10-minute walk from the conference hotel. Cross Atlantic Blvd. at the crosswalk and walk north on Century Blvd. Century Blvd. becomes Cooperative Way at the entrance of the CFC property.
Scholarships
CDF offers scholarships to home care cooperative workers to attend the annual conference. Scholarships cover the costs of conference registration, travel, and hotel (double occupancy) for qualifying home care cooperative members and are limited to up to two (2) per home care cooperative. In addition, a lost-wages stipend of a fixed, predetermined amount is offered exclusively to scholarship recipients who are home care workers or future home care workers (in the case of start-ups). The lost wages stipend is only available for those who are remunerated on an hourly basis and whose attendance at NHCC prevents them from earning a wage during their attendance at the Conference.
There are two ways to qualify for scholarships to the 9th Annual NHCC in 2025.
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Benchmarking Survey Scholarships
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Start-up and Explorers Scholarships (NEW!)
Apply by Friday, January 10, 2025. Scholarship recipients will be notified by January 17.
Meals
Meals included in the registration fee are:
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Dinner, Tuesday, March 11
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Lunch and Dinner, Wednesday, March 12
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Lunch and Dinner, Thursday, March 13
Assorted beverages and snacks will be provided at CFC.
Breakfast is included in your hotel reservation at the Courtyard Dulles Town Center. Breakfast for the group will be held in Meeting Room A/B. If you are staying on Friday evening, go to the reception desk on Saturday to ask for breakfast.