Click here for the 2008 New York State Poverty Report
Earned Income Tax Credit ( EITC )
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.
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Community Assets New York. Community Assets NY (CANY) is a free information-packed database which will help you search for assistance with health care, housing, food and nutrition, child care, emergency shelter, employment, and much more in your local area. For more information, see http://www.communityassetsny.org/cap/.
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.
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