Paying our taxes is part of how we work collectively as Americans. By putting our funds together (through taxes) we work collectively to pay for roads, schools, health care, child care, national security, environmental protection and everything else. While paying…
Over the past two years, funders and the field have learned much about helping families and workers access the tax credits they are eligible for and ensuring they can get their taxes done in low-cost, non-predatory settings. But how do…
The pandemic and racial reckoning of the past few years underscored vast inequities, calling each of us to rise to the challenge to invest in solutions. This time has opened the door to innovations, even in long-standing fields like tax…
Lessons Learned from a Social Media Campaign to Inform Young Adults About the Expanded EITC With the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the federal EITC was expanded to low-income young adults not claiming children on their taxes. …
Deneisha encourages newly eligible young adults to file their taxes and claim the EITC. Founded and led by Roberta Rael, Generation Justice (GJ) is a multiracial, multicultural project that trains youth to harness the power of community and raise critical consciousness…
The EITC Funders Network hosted our annual look at federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit on Tuesday March 22nd. Learn more about the opportunities and challenges ahead in 2022. We will also have an…
Expansions in the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit mean that millions of workers and families with low-incomes have access to expanded tax credits – which will translate to cash in their pockets when they file their…
Our Fall Webinar is focused on the temporary expansion of the EITC to young adult workers and older workers. We hosted a conversation with field partners about the expansion of the federal EITC to young adults and older workers, creative…
View the Meeting Recording Here In this session, we began to connect the dots across our work to improve economic security and discuss strategies for building more impactful partnerships and outcomes as Florida funders who support policy advocacy and grassroots…
Seizing the Moment & Maximizing the Impact of the American Rescue Plan Watch the Recording Here In this webinar funders and field partners discussed the importance of the American Rescue Plan Act on the field, strategies related implementation and approaches to…