North Station

Mayor's directive

Accept and Expend $219,178 VITA Grant Funding

Last activity March 26, 2026 (6 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    January 12, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council approved a mayoral order to accept and spend $219,178.03 in Volunteer Income Tax Assistance funding from the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration & Finance. The grant, to support the Center for Working Families' Boston Tax Help Coalition for the 2026 tax season, would be administered by the Office of Workforce Development.

Affects low-income taxpayers

Now with the Committee on Labor and Economic Development

About Labor & Workforce and Budget & Finance

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Official title

Councilor Worrell called Docket #0133, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars And Three Cents ($219,178.03) in the form of a grant, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Funding, awarded by MA Executive Office for Administration & Finance to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant would fund the Center for Working Families' Boston Tax Help Coalition in assisting low-income taxpayers with personal income tax filings for the 2026 tax season, from the Committee on Labor & Economic Development. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.

Timeline

  1. January 28, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

  2. March 25, 2026

    Passed

    City Council