Wednesday, February 5, 2025
2/5/2025
United Way of San Diego County (UWSD) has established a multi-sector partnership to measure how strengthening economic stability including access to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) increases the protective factors for low-income working families disproportionately at risk for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). With support from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Office of Minority Heath, this partnership will execute the Building Resilience: Evaluating the Impact of Economic Supports on ACEs Risk project. As the leader of the San Diego EITC Coalition, offering free tax preparation to local families and individuals with low to moderate-income, UWSD has the trust, experience and infrastructure to lead this project. UWSD has convened six outstanding partners to execute Building Resilience and achieve its goals and objectives. The partners are Dreams for Change (EITC outreach, education, and case management), International Rescue Committee (EITC outreach, education, and case management), 2-1-1 San Diego (partner data sharing via the Community Information Exchange system), the YMCA Childcare Resource Service (Protective Factors Survey-2 training), Harder+Company Community Research (Evaluation) and Social Advocates for Youth San Diego (in-kind outreach and education). Target populations for EITC outreach, education, and case management include individuals who are homeless, underemployed, refugees, immigrants, and limited English proficient small business owners within identified Opportunity Zones. Measurable objectives include reaching more than 29,000 individuals with EITC outreach and education annually and through three years of funding, enrolling a total of 400-600 into the project as follows: 150-200 EITC only, 150-200 EITC and Intensive Case Management (ICM) using Protective Factors Survey-2, and ICM 150-200 only. Introducing case management to the EITC Coalition in the San Diego region to measure an increase in protective factors due to EITC receipt is new. This multi-sector partnership seeks to use the results of this project to create systems change for the region. This project will also allow for partner capacity building, including training in service delivery best practices around strengthening families, protective factors, trauma-informed care, and culturally responsive practices for impact beyond the length of the grant.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).