The Alameda County-Oakland Community Action Partnership Administrating Board aims to improve our community by creating pathways that lead to economic empowerment and prosperity.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC)
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) puts money in low-income families pockets.
Every year the City of Oakland, in partnership with the Alameda
County Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign, provides FREE tax
assistance and preparation to Oakland’s low-income families and
individuals at community based Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Sites
(VITA) located throughout the City.
AC-OCAP Administering Board members are responsible for planning, developing, and executing the local Community Action Plan for alleviating poverty and working toward institutional change to enhance the ability of low-income residents to achieve self-sufficiency in Oakland and throughout Alameda County (excluding the City of Berkeley). AC-OCAP’s priority focus areas are: family self-sufficiency, entrepreneurship/job training and employment placement, low income housing, community economic development, supportive services, civic engagement, advocacy, and capacity building.
The Alameda County-Oakland Community Action Partnership was
established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to fight
America's War on Poverty. Alameda County - Oakland Community Action
Partnership (AC-OCAP) is part of broad national and statewide network
of nearly 1,100 agencies, both non-profit private and public
organizations, that extend across the United States—all working to
eliminate poverty on a local and national level. CAP involves local
citizens in its effort to address specific barriers to achieving
self-sufficiency.
AC-OCAP is committed to reducing poverty by providing services and programs targeted to low-income individuals and families. AC-OCAP has been funding programs and projects in the low-income community since 1971.
