COFI has undertaken extensive internal and external evaluations of The COFI Way’s impact on families and communities. We invite you to dive into the research and learn more about the effectiveness of our family-focused organizing model throughout the last three decades.

Restorative Kinship: How a Local Movement of Women of Color Transforms Family Relationships
Jennifer E. Cossyleon, PhD
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 2021

“Coming Out of My Shell”: Motherleaders Contesting Fear, Vulnerability, and Despair through Family-focused Community Organizing
Jennifer E. Cossyleon, PhD
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2018

COFI Replication and Expansion Evaluative Paper
COFI, 2017

Democracy in Action: Community Organizing and Urban Change
Kristina Smock, 2004