Real Economic Impact Tour Building Economic Futures for Americans with Disabilities

Real Economic Impact Tour

St. Louis, Missouri

Contact Information:

If you, your business, or organization are interested in becoming a part of the Disability Initiative Workgroup, please contact Judy Stengel of the National Disability Institute at .

If you are already a member of the Disability Initiative Workgroup and have questions regarding the IRS participation, then please contact Tax Specialist Kay Hefflinger at .

Disability Initiative Workgroup Members

MERS / Goodwill

MERS/Goodwill has been engaged in the local EITC Coalition for the past two years and their representative is currently the the President of Gateway EITC Community Coalition (GECC). During 2006, Goodwill concentrated their efforts on two areas: educational workshops for their employees and general outreach to their clients with disabilities. Goodwill did a series of lunch and learn sessions on the interaction of EITC receipt with public benefits. Goodwill included EITC and coalition information to all clients with disabilities that were served either by their employment services or were customers of their retail location. In 2007, Goodwill will host 2 one day sites for disabled workers at their Locust location. They are also providing signers for the hearing impaired at a GECC Super Saturday.

United Way

United Way of Greater St. Louis is actively involved in every aspect of the Gateway EITC Community Coalition including distributing disability information. They have added a disability question to their intake process to capture this data.

Mayors Office - Office on Disability

The City of St. Louis proclaimed February as EITC month at news conference.