Corporate Voices for Working Families has released its 2011 Employer Guide and EITC Toolkit, which provides companies with the tools to help employees take advantage of tax credits and other benefits. The guide provides detailed information about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid and other benefits.
Publications and Toolkits
Family Economic Stability
A Profile of Young Workers (16–26) in Low-Income Families
Young employees from low-income families are more likely than those from higher-income families to do less well acrossa number of metrics including completing high school, receiving postsecondary credentials, being continuously employed,and having health insurance coverage. These disparate outcomes can have lifelong consequences for both the employeesand for the social support systems that help low-income families. These data present both an immediate need and a societalopportunity.
Corporate Voices Responds to Surgeon General’s “Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding”
Corporate Voices for Working Families has issued a response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s “Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding,” emphasizing the need for creating a broader awareness of the tools and resources that are available to both employers and employees to effectively support nursing mothers at work.
2010 EITC TOOLKIT (JANUARY 2011)
Corporate Voices for Working Families has released its 2010 Employer Guide, which provides companies with the tools to help employees take advantage of tax credits and other benefits. The guide provides detailed information about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid and other benefits.
2009 EITC Toolkit (January 2010)
Corporate Voices for Working Families has released its 2009 Employer Guide, which provides companies with the tools to help employees take advantage of tax credits and other benefits. The guide provides detailed information about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid and other benefits.
This Employer Guide was made possible through the generous support of the Annie E. Casey, Ford and Hitachi Foundations.
The 2009 EITC Toolkit also includes:
2008 EITC Toolkit (January 2009)
Corporate Voices for Working Families has released its 2008 Employer Guide, which provides companies with the tools to help employees take advantage of tax credits and other federal benefits. The guide provides detailed information about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid and other federal benefits.
Workplace Lactation Program Factsheet
Factsheet outlining the Workplace Lactation Program. December 2008.
2007 EITC Toolkit (December 2007)
A comprehensive guide on informing employees about tax benefits and credits they are eligible for.
Related News and Events
Washington, D.C. (May 11, 2011) – In the wake of the Great Recession, young employees (ages 16-24) in low-income families continue to struggle to balance their need to work while obtaining the education they must have to succeed in today’s complex and challenging economy.
Bookmark/Search this post with:WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 21, 2011) – Corporate Voices for Working Families has published an updated version of its workplace lactation toolkit to help employers establish workplace lactation programs, comply with new provisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act passed into law with health care reform and to help employers adopt management strategies for 21st century success.
Bookmark/Search this post with:WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 8, 2011) -- Corporate Voices for Working Families, a nonprofit business membership organization in Washington, D.C., has released its 2010 Employer Guide: Educate Your Employees About the Benefits They’ve Earned. This is the eighth year that Corporate Voices has updated the Employer Guide and EITC toolkit and made it available to companies and other organizations at no cost as a way to help low-wage employees take advantage of a host of federal benefits available to them.
Bookmark/Search this post with:- WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 1, 2010) -- Corporate Voices for Working Families, a nonprofit business membership organization in Washington, D.C., has released its 2009 Employer Guide: Educate Your Employees About the Benefits They’ve Earned. This is the seventh year that Corporate Voices has updated the Employer Guide and made it available to companies and other organizations as a way to help low-wage employees take advantage of a host of benefits available to them. The guide provides detailed information about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid and other benefits.Bookmark/Search this post with:
Washington, DC (May 7, 2009) — Corporate Voices for Working Families (CVWF) and the American Business Collaboration (ABC) support legislation introduced today that, if passed, would make child care more affordable to working families.
Representatives John Yarmuth (D-KY), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) introduced H.R. 2298 to amend the Internal Revenue Code to increase dependent care flexible spending account (DCFSA) limits.
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