Abstract

The goals of this study are to examine the savings attitudes and behaviors of clients at North Carolina Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites and evaluate the potential of these sites as vehicles for promoting asset-building program. In partnership with the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks, and with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Center for Community Capital surveyed clients served by VITA sites in Greenville, Henderson and Raleigh, North Carolina, both at the time they received their refund and again several months later.

Related Presentations:

Banking and Asset Building: Transforming Refunds Into Assets
Statewide Conference on Financial Literacy and Asset Building, Chapel Hill, NC
Presented by Joseph A. Smith, NC Commissioner of Banks, based on research by the Center for Community Capitalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sep 27, 2005