Causes: Financial Counseling, Human Services
Mission: The center for economic progress (cep) helps low-income working families as a trusted provider of tax and financial services. Everything we do, from direct service to informing public policy, improves the financial stability of those we serve.
Programs: Tax servicesoperating one of the largest and oldest statewide volunteer income tax assistance (vita) programs of its kind, cep provides low-income families with free, high quality tax preparation and an alternative to paid tax preparers.
tax cliniccep provides free, professional representation to low-income taxpayers facing an irs controversy. Through its year-round tax clinic, cep also offers education and outreach on the earned income tax credit (eitc), taxpayer rights and responsibilities, innocent spouse claims, worker classification, and collection alternatives.
financial capabilitycep provides year-round workshops, coordinates a tax-time savings campaign, and offers one-on-one financial coaching to help clients set financial goals, create a spending plan, access safe and affordable bank products like bank accounts, review and correct credit reports, and improve credit scores.
other programsin 2013 cep was awarded a grant from the illinois department of public health to provide outreach and enrollment assistance as a participant in the affordable care act (aca) in-person counselor program. Cep embedded enrollment activities into its core program services, and worked to maximize health insurance coverage among our clients and promote improved health outcomes and reduced financial stress and risk.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
Mission: The center for economic progress (cep) helps low-income working families as a trusted provider of tax and financial services. Everything we do, from direct service to informing public policy, improves the financial stability of those we serve.
Programs: Tax servicesoperating one of the largest and oldest statewide volunteer income tax assistance (vita) programs of its kind, cep provides low-income families with free, high quality tax preparation and an alternative to paid tax preparers.
tax cliniccep provides free, professional representation to low-income taxpayers facing an irs controversy. Through its year-round tax clinic, cep also offers education and outreach on the earned income tax credit (eitc), taxpayer rights and responsibilities, innocent spouse claims, worker classification, and collection alternatives.
financial capabilitycep provides year-round workshops, coordinates a tax-time savings campaign, and offers one-on-one financial coaching to help clients set financial goals, create a spending plan, access safe and affordable bank products like bank accounts, review and correct credit reports, and improve credit scores.
other programsin 2013 cep was awarded a grant from the illinois department of public health to provide outreach and enrollment assistance as a participant in the affordable care act (aca) in-person counselor program. Cep embedded enrollment activities into its core program services, and worked to maximize health insurance coverage among our clients and promote improved health outcomes and reduced financial stress and risk.
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This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
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