May 2025 - Trend Spotting - Elderly Care & Childcare
May 20, 2025
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May 2025 FutureGood is a consultancy focused on helping visionary leaders build a better future. Through DEI consulting, strategic visioning, keynotes, retreats, and online learning, FutureGood helps thought leaders (like you!) to deploy futurism. |
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We are watching so many interesting trends each month that we've decided to share them with our community. If you want us to look out for a specific subject, reach out and let us know! |
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Elderly Care & Childcare |
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Sesame Street proves the power of universal access—its joyful, research-backed programming has raised the bar for kindergarten readiness and delivered real results for Black children and kids from low-income communities. As public investment in universal preschool grows, we have a chance to build something transformative. Nonprofits must lead with equity, ensuring these programs are shaped by the communities they serve—especially BIPOC, disabled, and low-income families. |
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What this could mean for the social sector: With PBS already under attack, the moment calls the social sector to be bold advocates for equity-driven, community-designed early childhood systems that prioritize those historically left behind. |
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AI is ushering in a future where we move from 40-hour workweeks to 20, freeing up time not just for innovation—but for care. This shift will transform how we support both our elders and our children, opening new possibilities for intergenerational connection and community well-being. |
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What this could mean for the social sector: As AI creates more free time for caregiving, the social sector will need to lead the way in reimagining care models, which could blend childcare and eldercare into shared, community-rooted experiences that foster connection, dignity, and mutual joy across generations. |
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As flexible and remote work becomes the norm, families are craving care solutions that fit their real lives—think coworking spaces with childcare or pop-up eldercare at community hubs. The social sector has a powerful opportunity to fund and pilot bold new models that honor how people actually live and work today. |
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What this could mean for the social sector: The social sector must lead in creating and scaling innovative, flexible care solutions that reflect the evolving needs of modern families. |
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We're on the edge of an elder boom, with the over-65 population set to double by 2040—and many of them aging without close family support. The social sector must act now to build community-based aging models that provide housing, care, connection, and advocacy for our most vulnerable elders. |
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What this could mean for the social sector: The social sector will be called on to pick up the slack, investing in systems that support dignified, connected lives for elders—especially those without traditional family networks. |
