VACAP 2007 EITC Seminar

Greeting from Commissioner Conyers:

65 coalition partners gathered for a day of learning and sharing and spent time chatting with others involved in free tax preparation in Virginia. It was a great day to be involved with EITC.

• “Make Tax Time Pay” - John Wancheck from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities presented EITC basics and expect changes.
• “Unclaimed Property” - Brooke Bredel from the VA Dept. of Treasury - Div. of Unclaimed Property brought some partners good news about unclaimed property.
• “Commissioner Greeting” - Commissioner Conyers from the VA Department of Social Services sent his message electronically and you can see it above.

• Hollie Cammarasana from the Department of Housing and Community Development and Marianne McGhee & Melissa Perdue from the Virginia Department of Social Services, our distinguished Public Relations panel, gave us valuable ideas and tools to use when working with the media.
• Denise Hellend, Tim Pickney and John Trevillian from the IRS SPEC Office Richmond shared new items of interest and introduced the new acting Territory Manager, Felecia Walls.
• Peter Thompson from ACF brought greetings from Washington and set the tone nicely with a warm welcome.
• Sabrina Blackett from the Department of Housing and Community Development brought us up to date on the VIDA program. Be sure to mark your calendars for the joint conference call between EITC and VIDA participants on October 11th.
• Carolyn Spohrer from the Virginia Community Action Partnership shared the VACAP EITC Grant Program.