por Administrador de COFI | Sep 29, 2016 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, General, Saliendo de la pobreza
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...
por Administrador de COFI | Feb 29, 2016 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano
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...
por Administrador de COFI | Sep 1, 2013 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, Justicia elemental
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...
por Administrador de COFI | Feb 1, 2013 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, Justicia y equidad en salud mental, POWER-PAC IL
In light of President Obama’s call last night for increased investment in preschool, we are excited that our early learning work is making an impact in Chicago and Illinois. The Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development applauded the work of parent...
por Administrador de COFI | Ago 1, 2012 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano
Parent activists from POWER-PAC, Parents Organized to Win, Educate and Renew – Policy Action Council are excited to release their report “How We Got Johnny, Jada. and José Into, Preschool“ today, August 3, 2012. The report includes policy briefs that share...
por Administrador de COFI | May 1, 2012 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, POWER-PAC IL
In the months of May and June, COFI and POWER-PAC trained over 90 staff and parent leaders of early learning programs in the basics of COFI’s parent leadership and parent engagement model. Staff and parent leaders came from 11 different sites from two state-funded...