Creating Assets, Savings & Hope
Posted February 18, 2016
Area resident Laura Merrill has her taxes prepared by IRS-Certified volunteer Monica Lee on Super Refund Saturday. Super Refund Saturday & Financial Resource Fair Huge Success! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LEWISTON: Super Refund Saturday, as hosted by the Lewiston-Auburn CA$H Coalition, was a tremendous success once again on February 13, 2016. A room full of IRS-certified tax preparers… Read more
Posted February 11, 2016
What is Work and Save? Work and Save is the short/working title of a bill before the Maine Legislature that would make it easier for employees of Maine’s small businesses to save for retirement. Representative Henry Beck of Waterville is the primary sponsor. The official title of LD 1318 is “An Act to Promote individual… Read more
Posted February 5, 2016
Thanks to WABI for sharing information about Super Saturday! It was a great day. Read more
Posted February 2, 2016
Lauren is a recent college graduate and a Radiologic Technologist at Stevens Memorial Hospital in Norway, Maine. Her mother set up a college savings account for her when she no longer had to pay for daycare. It was easy to set up as an automatic deposit and she barely missed it. “My mother’s choice… Read more
Posted January 29, 2016
From left to right: Lisa Laflin, Western Maine CA$H Co-Coordinator, Deborah Weaver, Maine Local Taxpayer Advocate, Tess Armstrong, Senior Tax Consultant IRS , Divin Gatera, Volunteer Tax Preparer, Janet Smith, Western Maine CA$H Co-Coordinator, Dennis O’Neil, Volunteer Tax Preparer, Amy Scholl, AmeriCorps VISTA, Lisa Lemieux, Western Maine CA$H Asset Organizer, Bobbie Wheeler, Western CA$H Site Coordinator. Western Maine CA$H kicked off the… Read more
Posted January 26, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2016 Contact: Janet Smith (207) 778-2757 CA$H Maine Celebrates EITC Awareness Day, Announces Goal to Help 1,500 Maine Families Take Advantage of Tax Credits and Achieve Financial Stability AUGUSTA – Members of the Maine legislature joined family success and stability advocates and others today at an… Read more
Posted January 22, 2016
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of our nation’s most powerful anti-poverty programs. Maine is one of 26 states to offer an EITC of its own to complement the federal credit. Join us on Tuesday, 1/26 to learn more about how the EITC helps low-wage workers, and the steps our state has… Read more
Posted January 19, 2016
Free tax prep will be available at the Houlton Higher Education Center at 18 Military St on the following Saturdays during tax season. February 27 March 19 April 2. Call United Way of Aroostook at 207-764-5197 to schedule an appointment. Read more
Posted January 19, 2016
Free Virtual Tax Site will be made available at the Blake Library – University of Maine at Fort Kent this tax season. We will have a volunteer at the site Feb. 11, February 25, March 10 & March 24. The site will be open on the above dates: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please bring… Read more
Posted January 14, 2016
United Way of Mid Coast Maine is a lead in for the Midcoast CA$H Coalition in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Northern New England and New Ventures Maine (formerly Women, Work and Community). Midcoast CA$H is a partnership of community leaders including: Bath Housing Authority; Bath Savings Institution; Bowdoin College; CEI; Davenport Trust; First Federal… Read more
CA$H Maine is a statewide collaboration of ten coalitions, comprised of 50 non- and for-profit partners, working together to help empower Maine individuals and families to achieve long-term financial stability.