Click here for the 2008 New York State Poverty Report
Earned Income Tax Credit ( EITC )
Earned Income Tax Credit. The federal Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Community Services (OCS) recently awarded the New York State Community Action Association (NYSCAA) with a three-year grant aimed at increasing the number of individuals receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as connecting individuals to financial education that leads to asset formation. Click here for more info.
The Helping Hands Tool-Kit
The Helping Hands Tool-Kit. The Helping Hands Tool-Kit contains comprehensive information on a broad range of tax credits and community programs that can assist you in your work with struggling families. The Tool-Kit outlines and explains the benefits, eligibility guidelines
and points of contact for a host of tax credits and community programs that can help working families stretch their hard-earned paychecks by offsetting expenses of necessities such as health care, child care, utilities, and food. Please feel free to reproduce and distribute the material in this packet as you see fit.
NYS Council on Children and Families Releases Head Start Report
Click here to download the new report, Head Start in New York State produced by the NYS Council on Children and Families and the Head Start Collaboration Project. 34 Community Action Agencies provide Head Start services in NY and 17 provide Early Head Start services.
Click here to download the NYS Head Start Collaboration Project Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan.
Click here for CCAP
Click here for ROMA
Click here for the Board Training Video
Click here for Best Practices
Click here for NYS Early Childhood Data Report:
The Health and Well-Being of New York’s Youngest Children
