Tax Time Checklist: Prepare for Tax Season
Use this checklist to gather the information you need to file your 2024 taxes. Share it with families in your program to help them get ready for tax season, even if they don't usually file.
Economic mobility is a core aspect of improving family well-being. Economic well-being is the extent to which a family feels financially stable and has hopes for the future. It also means families have knowledge of and access to the financial resources and opportunities they need to promote their children’s healthy development and make the best decisions for themselves.
Review materials to help you support families in developing and making progress toward their economic mobility goals.
Use this checklist to gather the information you need to file your 2024 taxes. Share it with families in your program to help them get ready for tax season, even if they don't usually file.
The Family Economic Mobility Toolkit shares information, ideas, inspiration, and hands-on resources to help Head Start staff partner with families on their journeys toward economic stability and mobility.
Learn more about the structure of the Toolkit and get tips on where to start based on your role, where you are, and what you want to accomplish.
Understanding family economic mobility and how it's connected to family well-being and the Head Start mission will help provide an important foundation for your work with families.
The Family Partnership Process can help you think about families’ goals for economic mobility and how you can partner with them as they take steps to make progress toward those goals.
Find information, resources, conversation cues, and ideas for action that can help you build your own understanding of FEM topics.
Learn more about the role of family economic mobility in Head Start programs. Explore ways to support staff’s work and set programmatic goals around FEM.
Quickly access all of the resources referenced throughout the FEM Toolkit and share them with families.
The following sources were used to support development of the FEM Toolkit.
Where you start in your journey with FEM support will depend on your relationship with a family, your own comfort in your role, and more. Choose the tools and path that are right for you.
HeadStart.gov
official website of the Administration for Children and Families