About
The Midcoast Maine Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope (CA$H) coalition is a collection of community agencies that coordinate a volunteer income tax assistance program in the Midcoast area. The coalition was launched in 2006 in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service to educate the public about the Earned Income Tax Credit, America’s largest anti-poverty program. Since 2007, Midcoast CA$H coalition volunteers have helped bring more than $650,000 worth of refunds back to the local economy.
Helping people make the most of their money
Our goal is to educate the public about the Earned Income Tax Credit through free tax preparation by IRS-certified volunteers and to direct them to community resources that can help them make the most of their hard-earned money through asset development, money management and basic needs assistance.
Our services
- Free tax preparation for working individuals and families in the Midcoast area whose income is under $50,000.
- Connecting people to community resources that can help build assets and become more financially stable.
Midcoast CA$H Partners
- Border Trust
- Bowdoin College
- Casey Family Services
- Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
- Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Maine
- Downeast Energy and Building Supply
- Goodwill Industries
- Internal Revenue Service
- Key Bank
- Midcoast Maine Community Action
- United Way of Mid Coast Maine
- U.S. Department of HUD
- University College at Bath/Brunswick
- Volunteers of America Northern New England
- Women, Work and Community
The Midcoast Maine Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope (CA$H) coalition has wrapped up another record-breaking tax season, helping 330 taxpayers file federal and state income taxes that resulted in more than $600,000 worth of refunds going back to the local economy.
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Maine Residents Property Tax and Rent Refund “Circuit Breaker” Program
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Maine Centers for Women, Work and Community/WWC
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