In this webinar, you will hear from local communities’ about their strategies for conducting outreach and providing hands-on assistance to ensure all eligible children receive the CTC. You’ll also learn about new materials that you can use to support your efforts.

Immigrants and their families face some of the biggest barriers to accessing important tax benefits like the new Child Tax Credit and stimulus checks from COVID pandemic relief. The following resources are translated into different languages and can help you in your outreach efforts.

Your efforts to help people get advance CTC payments are essential. Many people will need help to understand their eligibility and to use GetCTC.org. Unfortunately, most typical places for help are under-resourced and don’t have the capacity to provide the support needed. Additionally, the IRS has limited capacity to answer phone calls.

Last year, hundreds of organizations engaged in the vitally important and difficult task of helping households who don’t usually file a tax return get their stimulus checks. Today, there are still eligible people who haven’t gotten their money and may now risk missing out on three rounds of stimulus checks. These include some of...

Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) or “stimulus checks” have been a lifeline for many people with low incomes who have received them. Unfortunately, many people experiencing homelessness may miss out on the payment because they need to file an online form with the IRS to get it.

One eligibility requirement to get the first and second stimulus check is that you cannot be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s tax return. If you didn’t receive your stimulus checks because you were wrongly claimed as a dependent on a 2019 tax return, you can file a 2020 tax return in 2021...