Building Native Communities: A Tribal Leader’s Guide to Launching an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign. Produced by the Native Financial Education Coalition (NFEC), this useful resource is designed to help tribal leaders conduct tax credit outreach. This guide includes many resources including an overview of the EIC and how Native families and communities can benefit from claiming it and a list of ten things tribal leaders can do to promote the EIC. NFEC also publishes Building Native Communities: Financial Skills for Families, a curriculum for financial education providers in Native communities that includes a chapter on the EIC. To find out where these guides are being used and to order free copies contact First Nations Oweesta Corporation, (605) 342-3770 or info@oweesta.org.

Corporate Voices for Working Families (CVWF) has developed an EIC tool kit for employers. CVWF is a non-partisan, non-profit corporate membership organization created to bring the private sector voice into the public dialogue on issues affecting working families. The Corporate Voices tool kit provides information for employers nationwide about how to notify employees about the EIC. The tool kit includes posters, a calendar of dates to remember, a pay check stuffer and stickers. Portions of the tool kit can be downloaded from the Corporate Voices website. For more information contact Susan Holbrook, Program Manager, Corporate Voices, (202) 333-8922 or sholbrook@cvworkingfamilies.org.

Helping Working Families, National League of Cities' Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. This Action Kit suggests specific outreach steps that city officials can take to assist low-income working families in obtaining the Earned Income Credit, as well as other benefits such as children’s health insurance and food stamps.  To order a hard copy, email iyef@nlc.org or leave a message at 202-626-3014.

Maximizing the EITC in Your Community: A Toolkit for Municipal Leaders, National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. The toolkit offers a detailed guide to the opportunities for municipal leadership, including: public education to ensure that eligible families know about the EIC and other relevant supports; free or low-cost tax preparation campaigns to help them claim the credit; and efforts to maximize the value of the credit by providing incentives to save or make investments that will promote self-sufficiency. For questions about the toolkit contact Abby Hughes Holsclaw, (202) 626-3107 or holsclaw@nlc.org.

Refugee Works: The National Center for Refugee Employment and Self-Sufficiency is a national program of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service that supports job development efforts for refugees. The organization offers a curriculum that provides information about the EIC for those who speak English as a second language. The curriculum, which includes beginning through more advanced levels, consists of easy-to-follow, detailed lesson plans, including group activities, handouts and worksheets. To obtain the curriculum or for more information contact Jonathan Lucus, Refugee Works, (410) 230-2886 or jlucus@refugeeworks.org.