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26 people are interested
Help people get the tax refund they deserve! Become a Certified Volunteer Tax Preparer!
ORGANIZATION: Brighter Beginnings
Please visit the new page to apply.
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26 people are interested
In 2015, Brighter Beginnings VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Sites were able to help prepare over 400 tax returns and give back more than $500,000 to the communities we serve! And we need YOUR help to do it again this year! Volunteer TODAY!!
What is VITA? As a member of the Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Coalition for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, Brighter Beginnings has the pleasure of being a VITA Site that prepares FREE tax returns for low to moderate income families and individuals earning less than $57,000 a year. We want to help people with their tax return, ensuring they receive the tax refund they deserve!
Who am I helping? The VITA program is a FREE TAX PREP SERVICE for LOW-INCOME TAX PAYERS. In addition to saving tax-preparation fees, low-income CLIENTS are screened for EARNED INCOME & CHILD TAX CREDITS that provide an essential boost to their yearly income.
What if I have never prepared taxes? FREE TRAINING is provided to become IRS certified, and takes approximately 24-36 hours to complete - all training materials are provided, and training is required in order to certify to prepare taxes. An Orientation will be held January 30.
We need all of our tax preparers trained & certified before tax season begins in mid-January 2016. Volunteers will take a test to certify. For returning volunteers training can be done online through Link & Learn that will become available in November - all materials are provided.
2015 Training Schedule: January 9,16, 23. 9am - 4pm in Pleasant Hill
What kind of time commitment is required? We ask that you commit to at least 4-Sundays of volunteering during tax season.
Brighter Beginnings Antioch (East Contra Costa)
Where: 2213 Buchanan Road #103, Antioch, CA 94509, USA
Dates: 01/30/2016- 04/10/2015
When: Sunday: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Additional Languages Needed: Any
**Interested in helping, but not preparing taxes? **
Other volunteer opportunities: Screeners, greeters, & translators!! TRAINING NOT REQUIRED for these positions, just an code of conduct exam required.
*IRS Basic or Advanced Tax Preparation
Certification Required for ALL volunteer tax preparers.More opportunities with Brighter Beginnings
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Brighter Beginnings
Location:
2595 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Brighter Beginnings is to support healthy births and children's successful development by partnering with parents, strengthening families, and helping to build strong communities.
Description
Brighter Beginnings’ programs in primary healthcare, teen family support, community strengthening, and early childhood education. Designed to help vulnerable families create healthy and happy environments for their children, Brighter Beginnings provides services from our five centers in Oakland, Richmond, and Antioch. All of the programs offered are geared to reducing child abuse and neglect by working with parents to learn how to be better parents. Our Family Health Clinics in Richmond and Antioch provide accessible, low-cost primary health care to communities in need. Our values include the following:
- Nurture beginnings for healthy futures
- Teach skills for supporting healthy births
- Respect the uniqueness of family systems and cultures
- Build on family strengths
- Support the entire family system
- Engage communities in supporting family needs
- Help families clarify goals
- Educate parents to understand their children's development
- Develop skills for self-sufficiency
Volunteer Program Purpose:
Because the efforts of volunteers are seen as a valuable human resource that directly contribute to the achievement of our mission, the purpose of the Brighter Beginnings Volunteer Program is to coordinate a variety of project-based activities that directly contribute to the services and programs that we offer to low-income families in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Antioch Brighter Beginnings (Buchanan)2213 Buchanan Road Suite103Antioch, CA 94509
DATE POSTED
November 16, 2015
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Complete certification