The Right Tax Refund Can Alter These Low-Income Families’ Financial Futures
“SaveFirst is one of several initiatives of the Birmingham-based nonprofit Impact America. The initiative launched in 2006 and operates VITA sites, including the one that Bradford visited, in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In Alabama, the organization deploys a class of AmeriCorps members to coordinate 21 sites across the state, and we train hundreds of college-age and community volunteers to prepare tax returns. As an AmeriCorps member with Impact, I coordinated tax sites in Birmingham and Troy, Alabama, and also served at sites in Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Anniston, and Dothan.”