Care Connection for Aging Services is seeking volunteers for its Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program.
The program needs volunteers, especially in Benton, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette and Pettis counties.
Volunteers need not be math geniuses to help; Care Connection provides all the training and software needed for volunteers to help seniors electronically file their state and federal income tax returns. Volunteers need basic computer skills.
The tax sites are in the senior centers; volunteer times are flexible but generally average five or more hours a week from February through April. Each site must have at least one tax preparer and one quality reviewer to ensure that tax returns are error free.
The TCE program enables older adults to receive refunds from their income taxes, and that money often helps pay for essential repairs on homes, medical expenses or other unbudgeted necessary items.
To learn more or to volunteer, call Benefits Counselor Penny Humphrey, who operates the TCE Program for Care Connection, at 1-800-748-7826.
