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A Part of America's Poverty-Fighting Network

Tri County Community Action has been helping people and changing lives throughout Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties for over 50 years. Offering a comprehensive approach to individual, family, and neighborhood success, Tri County Community Action provides a myriad of programming and initiatives around early childhood and family development; employment, education and financial empowerment; housing security; and community development - all to create strong families and thriving communities.

Tri County Community Action’s Promise is to care about the entire community and acknowledges that even today, structural inequities leave some behind. Tri County Community Action believes that lifting diversity, equity, and inclusion and standing against hate is core to combating those structural inequities, making all communities a better place to live.

  • Helping People, Changing Lives - it is what we do, and here's how we do it.

  • Read more about some of the lives that have been changed.

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  • PAT Program Participant
    PAT Program Participant

    I enjoy the [PAT] program because I get to connect with the people who work at Tri County Community Action and other parents.

Our Impact This Year

Everything we do is aimed at disrupting and permanently breaking the cycle of poverty for everyone living in our community. 

Did you know that right now, 51,419 of your neighbors, friends, co-workers, and family members are economically insecure? 

Last year, 38% of the people we helped were working and providing the sole source of income for their households - 63% were women, and 51% of households had children in the home. These were and are hard-working, caring, and productive members of our community - they are YOU - and we helped 17,624 of you stabilize, sustain, and take steps toward economic independence. 

January 28, 2020

Tax Time!

Tax filing season is open! Taxpayers have until April 15th to file their state and federal tax returns. Did you know that Tri County Community Action has resources available to assist you with taxes? We are proud partners with the United Way of the Capital Region in bringing 'Money in Your Pocket", Assisted Tax Preparation and My Free Taxes to our Derry Street and satellite offices. 

- 'Money in Your Pocket' is a way for low-to-moderate income families to have their taxes prepared by a trained volunteer.  This service is available every Tuesday during tax season at our Derry Street office, 1514 Derry Street, Harrisburg, from 6:00 - 8:30 PM. 

- Our satellite offices in Cumberland, Perry and Dauphin counties will also be providing assistance in helping individuals prepare their own taxes. A trained volunteer coach will guide the tax preparation process for state and federal income taxes. 

- My Free Taxes is a program for those who have computer skills and want to prepare their own taxes. This is a free service that can be accessed from any computer by visiting the My Free Taxes website.

For preparation at our satellite offices, we ask that you please contact the satellite office nearest you to make an appointment or check for the availability of walk-in services. 

Full details on our tax preparation resources are available here. We look forward to helping you this tax season.

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