We have been spending a lot of time ensuring that our Learning Hub is up-to-date with the most recent information related to COVID-19 benefits and financial empowerment tools to help support the work you are doing. Many of our toolkits are now PDF fillable and the calculations are done for you!Specifically we added four key toolkits: We’re expanding and updating our t...

Many frontline social service agencies provide free tax preparation services by trained volunteers through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP). CVITP clinics attempt to address a number of barriers to tax filing for eligible people living on low incomes (e.g. costs related to tax filing, documentation burden, and limited proficiency in English/French etc.).&nb...

The federal government has put in place contingency plans to maintain the flow of Old Age Security (OAS), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), Canada Child Benefit (CCB) and the GST credit for late tax filers in 2020 until the Fall. We applaud this decision and encourage the federal government to engage provincial and territorial governments to take a similar approach and mak...