by COFI Admin | Sep 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
POWER-PAC’s innovative early learning campaign is featured in a new report released September 27, 2010, Child Care Matters: Building Economic Security for Low-Income Women. The report was produced by the Women’s Economic Security Campaign of which the...
by COFI Admin | Jun 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL, Stepping Out of Poverty
POWER-PAC leaders began work on issues of economic security for low-income families last fall. A number of events are reaching families and policy makers to take on the particularly harsh repercussions of the recession. At a citywide forum more than 50 parents...
by COFI Admin | May 1, 2010 | POWER-PAC IL
Cabrini Mothers in Power, a group of COFI-trained women leaders, works to make life better for children and families in the housing community on Chicago’s near north side. Their work was featured on the cover of Streetwise, in the story Cabrini Moms Share Home....
by COFI Admin | Mar 1, 2010 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
COFI was the 2010 national recipient of the Leo P. Chall Award for outstanding work to promote the enrollment of low-income children in quality early education programs. This award, funded out of an endowment at the Sociological Initiatives Foundation in Boston,...
by COFI Admin | Jul 1, 2009 | POWER-PAC IL
POWER-PAC families organized their 11th Annual Celebration of Hope a theme of Good Health for Life with the co-sponsorship of CLOCC (the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago’s Children). This cross-community, end of the school year picnic was a fun way to celebrate...
by COFI Admin | Jun 1, 2009 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
The New America Foundation, an influential national public policy institute, features “Why Johnny Can’t Read” in their coverage and analysis of early childhood education. POWER-PAC and COFI are working hard to ensure that the voices of grassroots...
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