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LEGACY BUILDERS FOUNDATION DELIVERS PROMISES OF NEW BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, OTIS REDDING “RESPECT” BOOKS AND GIFT CERTIFICATES TO SCHOOLS AND TOP SCHOLARS IN STREAM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, READING, ENGINEERING, ART, MUSIC AND MATH) LEADERSHIP CAMPS

LEGACY BUILDERS FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH MAYOR MILLER TO SUPPORT MACON VIOLENCE PREVENTION FORUMS!

Please join  Mayor Miller and our Commissioners at one of these MVP FORUMS!  See you there!  

We must be the CHANGE we wish to see in MACON BIBB COUNTY!

 

Warmest Regards and Blessings,

Vickie

 

Dr. Vickie Perdue Scott

CEO AND FOUNDER

LEGACY BUILDERS FOUNDATION, INC.

www.legacybuildersfoundationinc.org

 

We want you to be part of the Macon Violence Prevention conversation. We want to create a safe space for you to bring your needs and ideas that will help us prevent violent crime in Macon-Bibb,” says Commissioner Howell. “We want to hear from you because we cannot prevent violent crime without you. Together, we are MVP.”

 

Two more public forums have been added to the series, one for ministers and faith leaders and one for District 2. The Ministers’ Forum will be held Monday, July 26 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in City’s Hall’s Commission Chambers(700 Poplar Street) and will be led by Executive Director of Community Affairs Dr. Henry Ficklin. Commissioner Paul Bronson will hold a forum in District 2 at the Rosa Jackson Center (1211 Maynard Street) on Tuesday, July 27 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

 

“It’s important that we get viewpoints from all areas of our community because we all deserve a say in the plan to make our neighborhoods safer,” says Commissioner Bronson. “By hearing from a multitude of voices, we as elected officials and partners can create a more thorough plan that addresses the issues. It also will allow the public to hold us more accountable to implement the solutions.”

 

“We are working to include any entity and organization that is willing and able to help create safer neighborhoods, and that most certainly includes our faith-based community,” says Dr. Ficklin. “Our houses of worship are a direct connection to people, and they can provide a moral compass and an outreach effort that will greatly benefit our families and entire community.”

Want to help families sign up for the Child Tax Credit? 

Check out these resources and webinar

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Friends and partners,



In this e-mail you will find a number of resources that can assist organizations helping families sign up for the Child Tax Credit, if they are not already receiving their monthly payments.

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Webinar: CSSP, the Children’s Defense Fund, and our partners in the Automatic Benefit for Children Coalition are hosting a webinar to support organizations looking to conduct outreach and remove barriers to signing up for the CTC: “Ensuring Families Receive the Child Tax Credit: Innovative Outreach Strategies and Removing Barriers for Families to Sign Up.” July 27th – 2-3:15PM ET. Sign Up on this Registration Link. More detail below and flyer attached.

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New resources: CSSP’s one-pagers explaining who is eligible for the CTC and how to sign up are now available on our website in both English and Spanish and attached. These and other helpful resources from the White House, IRS, and our other partners are also below.

Please share widely with your state and local partner networks and organizations, and as always, let us know if you have any questions!

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Webinar

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Want to help families get signed up for the Child Tax Credit? 

Join the Automatic Benefit for Children Coalition – co-chaired by the Center for the Study of Social Policy and the Children’s Defense Fund– for a conversation with and for state and local community-based organizations about helping families get signed up for the Child Tax Credit. 

Event: “Ensuring Families Receive the Child Tax Credit: Innovative Outreach Strategies and Removing Barriers for Families to Sign Up.”

Date and time: Tuesday, July 27th, 2:00-3:15pm ET

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Presenters: 

• Courtney O’Reilly, Navigator Program Manager, Code for America 

• Darla Bardine, Executive Director, National Network for Youth 

• Kat Lilley-Blair, Chief Executive Officer, Family Promise of Colorado Springs 

• Pablo Blank, Director of Immigrant Integration, CASA 

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Event Description:

On July 15th, nearly 39 million families, covering 88% of children, automatically received their first month’s Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments, helping them with the cost of raising children. However, for the CTC to fulfill its potential to cut child poverty nearly in half, it must reach the millions of children whose families will not receive the payments automatically. Community based organizations across the country are working with families to conduct outreach and remove barriers to ensure that families get signed up and receive the monthly payments. The IRS has also developed a Non-Filer Sign Up tool that will help. Please join us to learn from national, state and local community-based organizations who serve families about innovative outreach strategies to raise awareness about the transformational credit and get families signed up. You will also see a walk-through training for how to assist families using the Non-Filer Sign Up tool.

Webinar

• ChildTaxCredit.gov

  • This is a one-stop-shop for information about the CTC.

  • Sign-Up Guide for Non-Filers in English, and Sign-Up information in Spanish

• IRS Non-Filer Tool

  • Eight languages

  • The IRS portal allows people who are not automatically enrolled in the CTC to sign up for the CTC and any economic impact payments they may have missed, even if they are not applying for the CTC.

  • Someone not filing for CTC can still file just for the economic impact payments through the non-filer sign-up tool. 

• IRS Update Portal for those already receiving their monthly payments

• IRS FAQ about the Advance Child Tax Credit Payments

• CSSP One Pagers (in English and Spanish) on who is eligible for the CTC, how to claim it, what families will need to sign up.

• Step-by-step guide for using the Non-Filer Sign Up Tool from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities/Tax Outreach

• How to Use the IRS’s CTC Non-Filer Sign Up Tool by Shah Family Foundation

Please, contact Elisa Minoff (elisa.minoff@cssp.org) or Alex Coccia (alex.coccia@cssp.org) with any questions.

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If you have any questions or need more information, please email us at communications@CSSP.org.

LEGACY BUILDERS FOUNDATION - 2021 - UPDATED JUNE 2021 COVID -19 VACCINE SCHEDULE -    JUNE 7-18; 2021 REGISTRATION FOR VIRTUAL SUMMER STREAM CAMP CALENDAR and SCHEDULE| LBFInc

Starting June 2nd, 2021, CHCS will be administering the vaccines on Wednesdays from 1PM-4PM (with the exception of Macon) in the following locations:

• Dublin

• Gibson

• Gordon 

• Gray 

• Jeffersonville

• Macon (only offering shots from 9AM-11AM) 

• Milledgeville 

• Sandersville

• Sparta

• Tennille

• Warrenton 

• Wrens 

• Wrightsville

CHCS is doing a Pink Pumpkin Project for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The community is invited to participate if they so choose. Pumpkins are “due” by October 26th. CHCS does offer Breast Exams at our offices. Breast exams are one of the best forms of early detection for breast cancer.

DEAR LEGACY BUILDERS FOUNDATION COMMUNITY PARTNERS,

JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE VIRTUALLY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS YEAR ROUND.

February 1st begins a SERIES of LBF activities to celebrate our rich history, culture and contributions. 

PLEASE ENJOY AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

TUBMAN MUSEUM:

https://www.tubmanmuseum.com/

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Association for the Study of African American Life and History: Virtual Festival:

https://asalh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FebruaryFestival-EVENT-LIST.pdf

National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C:

https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/upcoming

Roswell Roots Festival of Black History and Culture:

https://www.roswellgov.com/government/departments/recreation-parks-historic-cultural-affairs/news-events/roswell-roots

The Baton Foundation, Atlanta, GA

https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/the-black-republic-african-americans-and-the-fate-of-haiti/  (Black Republic: African American Fate of Haiti, Brandon R. Byrd)

https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/a-sense-of-connection/  (Sense of Connection Film)

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA

https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/program/childrens-virtual-storytime-sit-in/  

     (Children's Storytime, featuring "Sit In" from the Alliance Theater}--February 1st

https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/program/adl-empowering-young-people-in-the-aftermath-of-hate/   

        (ADL: Empowering Young People in the Aftermath of Hate)

Congratulations 

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2019 Griffith Family Foundation Grant Recipients

https://www.maconchamber.com/

LEGACY BUILDERS FOUNDATION - 2021 - April COVID -19 VACCINE CALENDAR | LBFInc

LEGACY BUILDERS FOUNDATION - 2021 - May COVID -19 VACCINE CALENDAR | LBFInc

Dr. Vickie Perdue Scott partners with Mercer University to deliver the keynote address in the Auditorium of the Tift College of Education building to kick off the daylong conference on the subject of “Unlocking Budget and Finance Knowledge in Education.”

https://den.mercer.edu/080228elite/

https://businessopportunities.gsba.com/legacy-builders-foundation/