NATIONAL POLICY & ADVOCACY GROUPS JOIN IN CELEBRATING SUCCESS OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT

Tax Credit Rewards Working Families, Prevents Millions from Slipping into Poverty(Washington, D.C. – Jan. 26, 2011) – In conjunction with “EITC Awareness Day,” national policy and advocacy organizations gathered Thursday to laud the many ways the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) helps families, communities and local economies. In these particularly difficult economic times, it’s crucial that all families who are eligible for the EITC actually claim it, said Jackie Lynn Coleman, Executive Director of the National Community Tax Coalition, which was joined by about a dozen partners in co-