Regional Tax Assistance Collaborative. Greater Cincinnati 2018

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1 Regional Tax Assistance Collaborative Greater Cincinnati 2018

2 LUCY CRANE: Brought this program to UWGC in 2006, retired this year.

3 Recruiting Info Sessions Lunch and Learns Word of Mouth Volunteer Match Newspaper/Web Calendar Posts Church Bulletins and Newsletters Corporate Outreach Universities 333 new prospective volunteers 226 who did not return from NEW VOLUNTEERS 466 CONFIRMED VOLUNTEERS

4 Love doing taxes for free? Normal? Probably not. Helpful? Absolutely! Volunteer Income Tax Assistance: We love to do taxes for free.

5 Training New curriculum slides Online through Link and Learn Community Training Volunteer Income Tax Intro Basic Tax Preparation Part A Basic Tax Preparation Part B Taxslayer and Test Taking Specialty Courses Affordable Care Act Self Employment, Uber, Lyft Foreign Students and Immigrants Multi-State Tax, IN, KY, OH 29 separate training sessions 7 trainers Approx 149 attended training Corporate Trainings: IRS, GE, Kroger, Fifth Third, Huntington, Union Savings Specialty taxpayer trainings for new immigrants/refugees

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7 SITES General Community Church Groups Universities and Community Colleges Corporations Community Action Agencies Financial Opportunity Centers Job Centers (OhioMeansJobs) Disability Services Refugee/Immigrant Services Emergency Assistance/Food Pantries/Headstart/Child Services LINK

8 VITA SITES INDIANA Returns Refund SIEOC/ Lawrenceburg Community Center 88 $84,985 9 My FreeTaxes 15 $16,427 1 SITE 3 LOCATIONS 103 $101,412 9 Northern Kentucky Returns Refund Volunteers Volunteers Centro De Amistad 374 $526,755 8 Center for Great Neighborhoods 601 $819, BC- Kentucky Career Center 115 $193, BC- Center for Employment Training 350 $372, BC- Grant County NKU 165 $134,310 5 BC- multiple locations FSA 43 St. Paul School 230 $240, Cincinnati Campus VITA 402 $505, Gateway CTC 4 locations FSA 11 4 NKCAC -Five Counties 115 $143,887 5 MyFreeTaxes 247 $513,738 9 sites, 17 locations 2653 $3,450,080 83

9 VITA SITES Ohio Butler Cty Returns Refund Volunteers OHIO- Clermont Cty Returns Refund Volunteers Booker T. Washington Community Center 152 $187,135 5 Military Veterans Resource Center 115 $101,851 1 OhioMeansJobs of Butler County 503 $663, Robert "Sonny" Hill Community center 10 4 MyFreeTaxes 272 $287,961 3 SITES, 4 locations 1052 $1,240, ChildFocus 79 $117, CareCenter at Northstar Community Church 237 $211, Clermont County Community Services 149 $153,972 6 MyFreeTaxes 146 $296,292 3 Sites, 3 Locations 611 $779,660 39

10 VITA SITES Cincinnati Returns Refund Volunteers Volunteers American Red Cross, Cincinnati Area Chapter 159 $236, Cincinnati-Hamilton County CAA 1035 $1,139, Urban League of Greater SW Ohio 168 $159,469 9 Madisonville Recreation Center 241 $243, Millvale Community Center 167 $220, North Avondale Community Center 263 $402, OhioMeansJobs Cincinnati - Hamilton County 115 $117, Price Hill Collaborative- Elder HS 332 $491, Santa Maria FOC FSA Catholic Charities 47 Hearing Speech and Deaf Center 33 US Probation Office/UW Roving 8 $362, Providom FSA 30 3 Xavier University 240 $192, Hamilton County Returns Refund Harrison Community Center 254 $276,735 3 The Healing Center 728 $902, Houston Conference Center/Kroger 257 $502, Northminster Presbyterian Church 325 $269, St. John United Church of Christ/GE Reading High School FSA 29 4 United Way Roving (includes all roving sites 6 MyFreeTaxes 1015 $1,552, sites; 21 locations 5649 $7,077,

11 MyFreeTaxes General Community Returns Boone County 64 Campbell County 86 Kenton County 138 Grant County 13 Brown County 10 Butler County 202 Clermont County 136 Hamilton County 1147 Warren County 70 Dearborn County 15 MyFreeTaxes OVERALL 1881 Corporate Partners Children, Inc Cinti-Ham Co Community Action Agency City of Cincinnati Fifth Third Hillebrand Hydro Life Enriching Communities Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Miami Valley Gaming and Racing, LLC Milacron Ohio National Santa Maria Community Services Talbert House Thrive Impact Sourcing United Way of Greater Cincinnati West Chester Protective Gear

12 Reading High School- MyFreeTaxes

13 NEW THIS YEAR New Site Coordinators: Child Focus Healing Center Lawrenceburg Grant County CET St. Paul s Specialty Project: Catholic Charities Specialty Project: Providem Tax Coaching Global Carryover Two day Training (not a success) Volunteer Coordinator UC Impact Project

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15 And the final numbers. Drumroll

16 2018 RETURNS EIC % Total Refund Dollars Sites Volunteers VITA 8,187 25% $9,982, MyFreeTaxes 1,881 25% $2,666, AARP, SWO 7,535 8% $6,312, AARP N KY 1,070 13% $968, OHIO BENEFIT BANK 1,851 33% $2,575, TOTAL 20,524 19% $22,506, $277/return $ 5,685,148