The ACE Plan

The Alliance for a Caring Economy (ACE) is a developing initiative that has not yet been put into action. This is our plan.

Help us build ACE! ACE will collaborate with representatives from academia, government, business, and civil society to:

Collect information on what is already happening to give economic value to caregiving, such as paid parental leave and economic measurements that, unlike GDP, take into account the essential economic contribution of caregiving in both the formal and informal economies
Catalog economic metrics to be published, refined, developed, and promoted
Provide a forum for new ideas and initiatives, support pilot projects, and provide a framework for testing and disseminating new programs and policies
Bring the concept and practicalities of Caring Economics into business and economics schools
Bring together innovative thinkers to conceptualize new economic inventions
Offer education and opportunities for discussion about Caring Economics and the Full Spectrum Economy
Develop virtual outreach to assist with communication and discussion
Prepare educational booklets (hard copy and virtual) to raise awareness of the value caring and caretaking, including what can be done at the home, community, business, and national levels to recognize and reward this work
Develop an implementation guide to assist organizations to put these examples into practice

ACE will develop focus groups from a variety of backgrounds, including government officials, business people, faculty and graduate students from business and economics schools, sociologists, anthropologists, homemakers, teachers, childcare workers, health professionals, and representatives of civil society such as children's, women's, environmental, and minority political action groups, to brainstorm and network. Members of these groups will then form their own focus groups to serve as centers for disseminating information and education in their communities.