Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Resource Center

Through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Head Start families could qualify for up to $4,400 a year in a tax refund.

This EITC Resource Center was designed to:

• Provide basic information on EITC to Head Start staff and families
• Highlight the benefits of EITC to Head Start families
• Educate community partners and those who work with families about EITC and the benefits available to low income families.

Click the following to learn more about the EITC and to access EITC information and resources:

• EITC Fact Sheet
• EITC Resources
• Financial Literacy and Asset Building
• Head Start EITC and Tax Assistance Profiles in Brief
• EITC Publications

For more information on EITC, click here.

 

What is the Earned Income Tax Credit?
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is an economic empowerment tool consisting of a refundable federal tax credit for eligible individuals and families who have worked and earned income for all or part of a calendar year.

The National Head Start Association, in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS’s)Community Outreach Division, invites you to learn more about the EITC. This Resource Center provides links to information that can help you to understand the EITC so that you, in turn, can help Head Start families understand this important economic empowerment tool. Many families don’t know about the EITC and may be missing an important opportunity to benefit. In 2004, the Head Start Bureau released an Information Memorandum urging all Head Start programs to increase their outreach to and education of families on the EITC.