Community Action Partnership was pleased to be part of the City of Dayton's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Coalition. The Coalition provided free tax filing assistance for eligible taxpayers at 11 sites throughout Montgomery County. Venera is a 51-year-old high school graduate.

My name is Julie. I am here today to talk to you about the importance of the EITC and what it provides for my family.

Food drives and collections are popular holiday humanitarian projects, but as Community Action Agencies (CAA) across the country know, hunger is a year-round problem that affects one in six Americans.

Looking to save money wherever they could, George and his wife participated in Northwest Indiana Community Action (NWICA)'s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site for the first time last year.

Receiving the EITC has allowed her to pay down her credit card debt and put some additional funds in to her savings.

Without the addition of the EITC to his refund, Matt knows that he would not have been able to afford the move and would likely be homeless.

The EITC allowed the Browns to attend a conference on the rare, terminal brain condition their daughter has.

They first used their refund to pay down their debt and invest several thousand into savings.