VITA
VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) is a free, volunteer-run program sponsored locally by Salina Area United Way. It helps individuals and families earning $67,000 or less with basic federal and state tax returns, electronic filing, Earned Income Tax Credits, and Homestead Tax Credits.
A.L.I.C.E. Simulation
The ALICE Simulation is an interactive experience that helps participants understand the financial challenges faced by many working families in our community. ALICE households receive income above the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), but not enough to afford basic cost of living.
Raising Active Wild Readers, RAWR
The Salina Area United Way is dedicated to increasing book ownership and combating the summer slide through Raising Active, Wild Readers, RAWR. New and gently used books are collected and distributed to youth, ages birth to 18, at summer meal sites. All youth who come for lunch on the day RAWR is at the school gets to take a book. RAWR helps children in Salina tackle two critical issues, summer learning loss, which is the loss of academic skills that occurs when school is out, and book access, helping them build their home library.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails a brand new, age-appropriate book to enrolled children every month from birth until five years of age. Participating children are creating a home library of up to 60 books and instilling a love of books and reading from an early age.
The Imagination Library promotes early childhood education and fosters parent-child and adult-child interaction - both of which are fundamental to future educational success. Research has shown that children who participate in the program gain the necessary skills that prepare them for school.
Register at the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library website, United States
