by COFI Admin | Jun 21, 2017 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
Parents in Illinois won BIG! The Illinois Early Learning Council passed the parent leaders’ recommendations for a new Family Engagement Framework, which includes the creation of a Family Advisory Committee of parent leaders to provide authentic voice, input and...
by COFI Admin | Apr 29, 2017 | Early Learning Campaign
This spring, parent leaders met to share their personal experiences and knowledge of the Early Intervention system in Illinois – what is working and what is not, and they pretty quickly realized that there is a widespread problem of families being unable to access...
by COFI Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Early Learning Campaign, In the Media
The POWER-PAC Early Learning Campaign and work of the parent peer ambassadors was featured in an article of the South Side Weekly about preschool enrollment. Read the complete article here.
by COFI Admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Early Learning Campaign, General, Stepping Out of Poverty
COFI-trained Parent Leaders from across the state of Illinois met on September 27 in Bloomington, Illinois to brainstorm ideas for building statewide parent voice on behalf of young children and their families. They also met with a representative of the Illinois State...
by COFI Admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Early Learning Campaign
Over 6 years ago, we made it our mission to “streamline the maze” of early learning enrollment in Chicago. Just recently, longtime early learning advocate and current Director of Early Education Policy for the City of Chicago, Samantha Aigner-Treworgy, met...
by COFI Admin | Sep 1, 2013 | Early Learning Campaign, Elementary Justice
In a pilot designed by COFI leaders, parents reached 475+ families about the importance of early learning. Above, Adrienne Stewart (left, with grandson), the Parent and Community Engagement Director for the CPS Office of Early Education, congratulates them on this...
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