Financial Security

We’re helping hard working families make ends meet while connecting them with the education, financial tools and job training opportunities to empower them to create a better, more sustainable future for themselves and their loved ones.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

The VITA program offers free tax return preparation for moderate to low-income households, the elderly, and persons with disabilities or with limited English-speaking ability with a yearly income generally under $67,000.IRS-certified volunteers provide safe, free federal and state income tax return preparation with electronic filing for eligible individuals.

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Financial Security Programs

  • Catholic Charities — $10,000 — Emergency Assistance Program serving Cabell and Wayne counties. Providing utility assistance to 50 households primarily in Cabell and Wayne Counties (power bills, sewer, water, gas, etc.) for homes at primarily 150% or below the federal poverty level.
  • Goodwill Industries of KYOWVA Area, Inc. — $35,000 — Serving Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, and Wayne counties. Their Community Prosperity Services program offers financial literacy education, life skills training and digital literacy aimed to help community members gain employment and financial stability.
  • Tri-State Literacy Council — $25,000 — Serving Cabell, Mason, Wayne and Lawrence counties. Providing free one-to-one tutoring, on and offline programming, and classroom instruction to adult learners with a professional or educational goal.

Woman Regains Confidence

Adult learner C.H. enrolled with the Tri-State Literacy Council in March 2023. C.H. was 40 years old and married with adult children at the time of her enrollment. C.H. had left school in the 10th grade. During her school years, C.H.’s learning disability was incorrectly diagnosed as an intellectual disability.

C.H. worked a number of minimum wage jobs over the years before deciding to return to the classroom. C.H. worked in another adult education classroom with little success before enrolling with TSLC. C.H. was initially assessed at a 4th grade equivalency in both reading and math.

Throughout her enrollment, C.H. faced a number of personal tragedies including a medical emergency with her daughter and the death of her father and sister. However, C.H. let nothing stand in her way. She continued to work diligently toward her goal and make reading and math levels gains at every assessment.

C.H. choose to focus on one subject at a time, and in March 2024 she passed the last subject area and received her diploma. C.H. immediately enrolled at Huntington Jr. College in the Medical Assistant program. In June 2024, she stopped by the Learning Center to let us know that she had passed her first semester of school. Her next semester includes Anatomy, she’s nervous but with her determination, motivation, and work ethic, TSLC staff are certain she will succeed.

C.H. is a success story, not only because of her impressive accomplishments, but also because of her attitude. In class, C.H. helped and encouraged other learners, and we are certain she will continue to meet her goals.