File #: 030272    Version: 1 Name: Earned Income Tax Credit
Type: Hearing Status: Filed
Introduced: 2/18/2003 In control: Clerk of the Board
On agenda: Final action: 8/5/2003
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Hearing to review the federal program, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and to discuss ways in which to pursue training of City employees in order to maximize access to the EITC for San Francisco residents, including discussion of: (1) Strategies to increase access to services for working people to assist them in claiming their earned tax credits; (2) Role of the City in increasing the flow of federal dollars to local families; (3) Consideration of input from the community service providers that currently provide these services and how the City may support their efforts; (4) How City departments will receive training on assisting eligible individual City workers to access the EITC; (5) Collaborating with the San Francisco United School District, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco State University on this outreach and educational effort; (6) Possible strategies to best reach out to the restaurant and hotel industry employees in order to assist them in claiming their earned tax credits.
Sponsors: Gavin Newsom
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