UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC

The earn it keep it save it eks is a community partnership led by uwvc, the ventura county human services agency, and the irs to increase awareness of and access to earned income tax credit eitc and to provide electronic filing of income tax returns free of charge through the volunteer income tax assistance program vita. The vita program helps ensure low to moderate income families get the refunds and credits for which they are eligible. During the 2023 tax season, 72 volunteers prepared more than 1,700 returns and brought back over 1.9 million in refunds. Additionally, 672,000 of those funds was in eitc. Eitc goes to the poorest, most vulnerable ventura county households and has been identified by poverty fighting experts as one of the most effective programs nationally, lifting millions of people above the federal poverty level every year.