Benefits for Working Families Publications and Resources

• Maximizing the Earned Income Tax Credit in Your Community: A Toolkit for Municipal Leaders offers a wide array of examples and resources to help municipal leaders maximize the potential impact of the EITC by launching or support campaigns to connect families to the EITC and related tax credits and benefits.
  
  
• Screening Tools to Help Families Access Public Benefits - This tool provides municipal officials with approaches and specific technology options for using screening tools to connect eligible residents to key state and federal benefits. Highlighted in the report are several local, state, and nationally franchised electronic screening tools utilized by city governments.
  
  
• Action Kit on Helping Working Families - This action kit for municipal leaders focuses on outreach steps to assist low-income working families in accessing benefits such as the Child Health Insurance Program, food stamps, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
  
  
• Special Report: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - A special report highlighting cities efforts in improving community economic development by adding federal resources to local economies such as the EITC.
  
  
• Special Report: Food Stamps Outreach - A special report that provides insight to food stamp outreach strategies and action steps for municipal officials.
  
  
• State and Local Support for Earned Income Tax Credit Campaigns - This report describes how state and local governments have strategically funded EITC outreach campaigns to help low-income families become more financially secure and bring additional federal dollars into local communities.

Audioconference and Web Seminar Recordings

• 9/07/06 - Project Homeless Connect: Using Citizen Engagement to Serve the Homeless

Audioconference Transcripts

• 6/21/07 - Economic Opportunity for All: City Roles in Building Stronger Families and More Inclusive Communities
• 10/19/06 - Strengthen Working Families and Local Economies: How to Mount a Successful EITC Outreach Campaign
• 9/07/06 - Project Homeless Connect: Using Citizen Engagement to Serve the Homeless
• 2/24/05 - Helping Families Build Assets
• 9/30/04 - Maximizing the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
• 3/25/04 - Connecting Residents to Federal Supports: Bringing Dollars to Your Community
• 10/16/02 - How to Bring Money to Your City: Promote the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit
• 3/22/01 - A Helping Hand for Working Familes: What Cities Can Do