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Financial Stability Helping Local Residents Achieve Financial Stability In good times and bad times, it is difficult for many of our local neighbors to make ends meet on a daily basis, let alone make economic progress. These important community goals require the integrated assistance of businesses, government agencies, nonprofits, education, and the community at large. Individuals and families also need access to the tools to increase their income, build savings and gain and sustain assets. United Way is a critical part of both efforts - ensuring that families have the basics to achieve an independent life style and the tools to achieve financial stability. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Description of VITA
Services: To Receive VITA Services Bring: Download list of VITA Service Locations El Programa de VITA Descripción de VITA El programa de VITA (“Volunteer Income Tax Assistance”
en ingles) ofrece asistencia voluntaria con la preparación de impuestos.
Voluntarios asisten a personas con declaraciones básicas de impuestos para bajos
recursos. Familias que ingreso menos de $50,000 por año califican.
Background From 2007 to 2009, United Way of Santa Barbara County’s
local community driven Power of Partnership Initiative (POPI) asked 6,000 local
individuals from all backgrounds, 300 business and organizations and hundreds of
community leaders to share their hopes and desired goals for the future.
Our Goal In 2010, United Way of Santa Barbara County launched a 10-year Financial Stability Initiative to accomplish the following goals:
Download a copy of United Way's 10 Year Goals Our Strategy To address the obstacles that prevent local hard working families from getting ahead financially, we launched the Financial Stability initiative that promotes community-change strategies to help families meet their basic needs, while gaining the financial capability to plan for, and accomplish, their long-term financial goals.
Our Programs How You Can Help Volunteers make United Ways’ tax assistance and financial education programs possible. We can use your help, even if you don’t have an accounting background. Volunteer now to help.
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