por Administración del COFI | Mar 28, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“In Illinois, advocates and neighbors held a rally at the Bronzeville Children’s Museum – the nation’s only children’s museum dedicated to teaching Black history to kids– to promote the the importance of a bill to create a $700 per child Child Tax Credit for...
por Administración del COFI | Feb 19, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“When Joan Van is sick, she doesn’t get paid. The East St. Louis-area restaurant server and single mother of three said she works doubles to make up the money when she or one of her children gets sick. ‘You can’t let your kids see you break down because...
por Administración del COFI | Feb 8, 2023 | En los medios, Legislación, Saliendo de la pobreza
Alongside Illinois state legislators, community partners and advocates, and COFI staff organizers, POWER-PAC IL parent leaders participated in a press conference in Springfield introducing a new Child Tax Credit. If Illinois legislators pass the law, eligible low-and...
por Administración del COFI | 22 de diciembre de 2022 | En los medios, Utilidades
“El estudio comenzó este verano con una solicitud del personal de la ICC para recibir comentarios de varias partes interesadas sobre la posible adopción de tasas de descuento de conformidad con la CEJA. Doce agencias proporcionaron comentarios y aportes al estudio, entre ellas: Ameren Illinois, ComEd,...
por Administración del COFI | Dic 6, 2022 | Justicia elemental, En los medios
“Lisa Russell, the mother of four Chicago Public Schools graduates and a West Side parent advocate with the nonprofit Community Organizing and Family Issues, said a classmate of her youngest son had to repeat the eighth grade shortly before the pandemic hit. ...
por Administración del COFI | Nov 9, 2022 | General, En los medios
“What does it mean to be an advocate for all children and how can you jumpstart your own advocacy journey? We discussed the answers to these questions and so much more with Rosazlia Grillier, a founder and governing council member of the United Parent Leaders...
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