by COFI Admin | 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...
by COFI Admin | 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...
by COFI Admin | 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...
by COFI Admin | Dic 22, 2022 | En los medios, Utilidades
“The study began this summer with a request by the ICC Staff for feed-back from various stakeholders on the potential adoption of discount rates pursuant to CEJA. 12 agencies provided comments and input into the study, including: Ameren Illinois, ComEd,...
by COFI Admin | 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. ...
by COFI Admin | 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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