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Since 2011 the Women’s Leadership Council<br />
Has Helped Change Lives by:<br />
n Opening Hartford’s first school-based family financial centers.<br />
n Providing services such as financial education workshops, one-on-one coaching <strong>and</strong> Volunteer<br />
Income Tax Assistance (VITA).<br />
n Enrolling participants in matched savings accounts to help them achieve personal financial goals<br />
such as education, job training, housing or transportation.<br />
n Launching the Power <strong>of</strong> the Purse–Nearly 400 women <strong>and</strong> men attended in 2012 to support the<br />
inaugural event to raise awareness about the importance <strong>of</strong> helping families in our community<br />
to become financially secure.<br />
VITA Results<br />
386 *<br />
tax returns prepared<br />
through VITA<br />
$1,865 *<br />
total average<br />
refund<br />
$949,138 *<br />
total federal refunds<br />
<strong>and</strong> credits<br />
Our Partners Are:<br />
n Alfred E. Burr School<br />
n John C. Clark, Jr. Elementary <strong>and</strong> Middle School<br />
n Hartford Partnership for Student Success<br />
n The Village for Families & Children<br />
* Specifi c to VITA sites at Alfred E. Burr Elementary School <strong>and</strong> John C. Clark, Jr. Elementary <strong>and</strong> Middle<br />
School as part <strong>of</strong> the family fi nancial center services (based on 2012 <strong>and</strong> 2013).<br />
PUTTING THE CARING<br />
POWER OF WOMEN<br />
INTO ACTION<br />
Power <strong>of</strong> the Purse 2013 7
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