by COFI Admin | Oct 23, 2014 | In the Media
Cornelia Simms, POWER-PAC parent and canvasser for COFI Ambassador projects, was featured in the Chicago Sun-Times, ‘Faces of Minimum Wage’ series. Cornelia, who also goes by Cye Cye, has been serving as a home care worker for her mother for years. She travels five...
by COFI Admin | Oct 22, 2014 | In the Media
The Youth Organization Umbrella (Y.O.U.) is seeking to pilot a partnership program with community schools in order to create parental empowerment and parent leadership development. The schools being used for the pilot program are Chute Middle School and Lincoln Junior...
by COFI Admin | Oct 20, 2014 | In the Media
In addition to being award as Partner of the Year Award at the 2014 Illinois Asset Building Group (IABG) Conference, COFI was also honored as the Poverty Fighter of the Month by IABG, a project of Heartland Alliance! COFI and IABG have worked alongside each other to...
by COFI Admin | Oct 15, 2014 | In the Media
Youth Organizations Umbrella, a local youth development agency, hosted a discussion on October 14th on its pilot program of the “community school” model, which aims to engage Evanston and Skokie parents in their students’ school communities. COFI Lead Organizer,...
by COFI Admin | Oct 13, 2014 | In the Media
As part of the 2nd Annual Austin Early Learning Symposium an Early Learning Matters Supplement publication was produced. Highlighted in the publication was the Austin Early Childhood Collaborative /COFI partnership for Self, Family, and Team trainings. The partnership...
by COFI Admin | Aug 6, 2014 | In the Media
On Wednesday, August 6, Governor Pat Quinn signed into a law a payroll card bill that enabled employees to access their wages via a debit card free of hidden fees and charges. This law will prevent employees from being charged to access their pay checks. COFI, which...
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