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NYSCAA is a 20 year old association providing services and advocacy that strengthen the ability of its members to improve the quality-of-life for low-income people throughout New York State.

Helping Hands Toolkit 2011

The Helping Hands Tool Kit contains information on a broad range of community programs and tax credits that can assist social service agencies in the work they do with low-income individuals and families. The Tool Kit outlines and explains the benefits, eligibility guidelines and points of contact for a host of programs that help households meet the expenses of necessities such as health care, child care, utilities, and food.

Originally an annual Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) campaign to inform working New Yorkers of available benefits, the Helping Hands Tool Kit has been an initiative of the New York State Community Action Association (NYSCAA) since 2006. NYSCAA is the state association representing New York's 52 Community Action Agencies, dedicated to providing services and advocacy that strengthen the ability of its members to improve the quality of life of low-income people throughout New York State. With a statewide network that can reach every New Yorker, Community Action Agencies form a service delivery system that connects individuals and families to the services they need in order to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

NYSCAA extends its gratitude to the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy for the opportunity to continue this vital public service and to Fred Newdom who, in consultation with a variety of experts in multiple organizations and state agencies, assisted NYSCAA staff with the compilation and verification of the contents of this 2011 Tool Kit.

We are confident that you will find this year's Tool Kit to be a useful resource in the extraordinary work you do every day, advocating for better futures for individuals, families and communities. Please feel free to reproduce and distribute the material in this packet as you see fit.

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