New Carsey Institute Briefs on Rural Workers and Rural Children

Two new briefs from the Carsey Institute focus on rural workers and rural children.

Rural Workers Work More Nontraditional Shifts- workers have less access to community life activites

Percentage of rural children in cohabitating homes nearly doubled since 2000- increase more rapid than any other family form.

Read more from the Carsey Institute....

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 2:34 PM - Categories: Press Releases

Hanover DSS and AmeriCorps Partner for Stretch Your Dollar

Join Hanover County DSS and AmeriCorps for a Community Resources Event

In response to the changing economic climate, Hanover DSS is offering this free and educational community meeting on Monday, July 13, 2009 from 5:30- 8:30 pm at the Doswell Ruritan Club, 16433 Washington Highway, Doswell, VA 23047. 

Everyone is welcome to attend and you do not need to be a Hanover County resident. Free child care will be provided.

Read more....

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 2:08 PM - Categories: Press Releases | Flyers | Coalition Partners

VIDA Milestone Acheivement Program

The Virginia Individual Development Accounts Program celebrated Financial Momentum yesterday in Richmond.  Recent VIDA graduates were honored and spoke about their new home ownership experiences.  The new DHCD/VIDA video that highlights the program and features interviews was launched and you can watch it now on You Tube

Read the Press Release from the VIDA luncheon (with pictures)....

Learn more about the VIDA program....

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 10:24 AM - Categories: Press Releases | IDA Program

IRS 2010 VITA Grant Application

The IRS has posted the new VITA Grant Program 2010 Program Overview and Application Package (Publication 4671) to their website.  Remember the 2010 grant application launched on June 1, 2009 and will close on July 17, 2009.

Read the Grant Overview and download the application....

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 12:49 PM - Categories: VITA | Funding Opportunities

Too Poor To Make The News

From the New York Times:

In the first part of a series on the working poor, Barbara Ehrenreich looks at the effects of the recession on those too poor to make the news. 

Read the New York Times article....

Download a copy of the article....

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 3:10 PM - Categories: Press Releases

ARRA Products and a Podcast from IRS.gov

E-products are now available on irs.gov for you to promote 5 provisions of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). Those provisions are as follows:

• Education Credit
• Energy Credit
• Making Work Pay
• Homebuyers Credit
• Purchasing a new vehicle credit

These products are currently only available electronically, however an order for printed copies should be available shortly.

The flyers and posters are in PDF format and can be printed for use. However we do recommend not saving the PDF file of the posters and including it in an email as an attachment, because it is too large and will clog up your system. So when sharing with your partners, providing them with the link is a better option.

Learn more and download flyers and posters....

Listen to the pod casts....

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 3:00 PM - Categories: Press Releases | Flyers

IRS VITA Grant Conference Call (Make-up session)

From IRS SPEC:  On Thursday, June 18th the IRS Grant Program Office (GPO) will host a make up conference call for those interested who were unable to join the calls held on June 2, 2009.  The IRS will be discussing the 2009 VITA Grant Program results, changes for 2010 and address your questions and concerns.

Time:  1:00 pm EST

Date: June 18, 2009

Cal-in number: 888-830-6260

Participant Code: 404219

Read more about the VITA grant....

See the IRS Grant PowerPoint for the call....

Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 2:46 PM - Categories: VITA | Funding Opportunities