Please Join Us For
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) Statewide Kickoff
A Virtual Event

Friday, January 29, 2021
10:30 am ET
About this Event
EITC Awareness Day
Welcome
Joe Diamond, Executive Director, MASSCAP
Program Impact
Paul Bailey, Executive Director, Springfield Partners for Community Action
Message from Congressman Richard Neal, First Congressional District MA
Clare Higgins, Executive Director, Community Action Pioneer Valley
Senator Jo Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Representative Natalie Blais, 1st Franklin
On the Ground
Ancel Tejada, Financial Literacy Coordinator, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc.
VITA Client and Volunteer
Partnership with IRS
Ronald Deaett, SPEC Territory Manager, Internal Revenue Service
Coalition Strength and EITC Impact
Richard Sheward, Director of Innovative Partnerships, Children’s HealthWatch, Healthy Families EITC
Coalition Closing
Joe Diamond, Executive Director, MASSCAP