by Jacqui Guillen | Sep 28, 2023 | En los medios, POWER-PAC IL, Utilidades
“[Valerie] Carroll, 60, is a lifelong Englewood resident and has been taking care of her disabled brother for the past five years. She’s getting ready to apply for funds from LIHEAP or the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps households behind on...
by Jacqui Guillen | Sep 9, 2023 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, En los medios, POWER-PAC IL
“Among those families making difficult decisions is Lisa Russell’s. The West Side delegate for Community Organizing and Family Issues is a grandmother of three who helps her daughter manage her children’s complicated school and care schedule. ‘My daughter was eligible...
by COFI Admin | Jul 20, 2023 | En los medios, Utilidades
“‘The last thing people need after this extreme flooding, when they already face the difficult and expensive clean-up of a home and replacement of lost furniture and other household goods and are still struggling from COVID’s aftermath, is to have to...
by COFI Admin | Abr 15, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“Rosalia Salgado, a mother and vice president of POWER-PAC IL, said that money could lessen the economic burden on families. They could catch up on their bills or have money for activities with their children. It could also mean mothers might feel more...
by COFI Admin | Abr 12, 2023 | Campaña de Aprendizaje Temprano, En los medios
“For Rocio Mancera, an Evanston mother of four, Early Childhood Advocacy Day on April 18 is an opportunity to fight for the voiceless. ‘If we don’t advocate for the children, who else can?’ said Mancera, in an interview translated from Spanish....
by COFI Admin | Mar 29, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“After nearly 30 years in the United States, Liliana Olayo has personally experienced how those systems have neglected her, she told researchers. She immigrated to Chicago from Mexico when she was 17 and often felt cast aside. Olayo took classes to learn...
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