Virginia Community Action Partnership and Virginia CASH Campaign

The Virginia Community Action Partnership (VACAP) Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Initiative supports community groups and local coalitions throughout the Commonwealth as they provide free tax preparation services to low and moderate income working individuals and families.

VACAP works with coalitions to promote the EITC through the Virginia CASH Campaign. CASH stands for Creating Assets, Savings and Hope.  The mission is to raise awareness of the EITC among all taxpayers and to educate them of the importance of obtaining all tax credits to which they are entitled. Along with claiming valuable tax credits, even more valuable is obtaining free tax preparation services through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program.

VACAP encourages financial education, savings and asset building as coalitions develop outreach programs to link free tax preparation and EITC to other asset building programs. All programs encourage clients to work towards self-sufficiency.