CASH Coalition
 
  The CASH Coalition assists low- and moderate-income Chittenden County residents to achieve their financial goals through free tax assistance and asset- building opportunities.   Free Tax Preparation
Free Help with Tax Problems
Programs That Grow Your Money
Help Learning Money Skills
Debt Collection, Bankruptcy, and Buyers' Rights
CASH Coalition Members
  Free Tax Preparation (February 1st - April 15 only)

AARP's Tax Aide Service

Casey Family Services
(802)338-4796

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO)
(802) 264-4240     Free Help with Tax Problems

Vermont Legal Aid's Low-Income Taxpayer Project

Taxpayer Advocate Service

Internal Revenue Service
(800) 829-1040

Vermont Dept. of Taxes
866-828-2865     Programs That Grow Your Money

Many organizations offer programs that allow you to save some of your money in special accounts. Some of these accounts come with matching funds. This means that when you save money, the government or an agency puts money in your savings account. Other accounts are helpful for your finances in other ways. Most of these accounts have restrictions on what you can spend the money you have saved for.

Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)

Learn about IDAs on Central Vermont Community Action Council's (CVCAC's) website.

Places to start an IDA
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Micro Business (CVOEO)
(802) 860-1417 x102

Family Self Sufficiency Accounts (FSS)
Help you to save money. The money you save .

Learn more about FSS accounts on U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) website.

Learn more about the FSS program at your local Public Housing Authority. Here is a list of Public Housing Authorities in Vermont on Vermont Housing Data's website.
    Help Learning Money Skills

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Micro Business (CVOEO)
(802) 860-1417 x102

Neighborworks Home Ownership Center of Chittenden County
660-0642

Northfield Savings Bank
(800) 672-2274

Opportunities Credit Union (formerly the Vermont Development Credit Union
(800) 865-8328

USDA/Rural Development
(802) 524-6503 x102     Debt Collection, Bankruptcy, and Buyers' Rights
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of NH & VT
(800) 327-6778

Vermont Attorney General's Consumer Assistance Program
(800) 649-2424

Vermont Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division
(800) 649-2424

Vermont Legal Aid
Free legal advice on bankruptcy & debt collection.
(800) 747-5022
  CASH Coalition Members
Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.
Neighborkeepers
Community Health Center of Burlington Inc.
Northfield Savings Bank
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO)'s Micro Business Development Program
Vermont Dept. of VocRehab
Grippin, Donlan & Roche, CPAs
Legal Services Lawline of Vermont, Inc.
City of Burlington/CEDO
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Internal Revenue Service
Casey Family Services
USDA Rural Development
United Way of Chitenden County"
Opportunities Credit Union