Overview: During the coronavirus pandemic, many South Florida organizations who helped people file taxes in-person for free were struggling to transition to virtual tax assistance. In response, to help Florida citizens we launched GetYourRefund.org in Florida training 5 volunteer income assistance organizations and working with Code for America’s product team to help people file for their taxes. Code for South Florida was the first non-profit in the Code for America Network to lead a project that later led to funding for our national partner.
Website: GetYourRefund.org
Status: April 2020 – July 2020
Funders: Citi Bank
Partners: Code for America
Impact:
- Helped 500+ / $1.1M successful returns
- 2,000 people filed
- 4 organizations supported (City of Miami, Catalyst Miami, Hispanic Unity, Branches FL)
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