At AgeMaine, caring staff, interns, and volunteers help older neighbors navigate tax forms, understand what’s available, and access money they may not have known they could receive.

Today, we’re sending a special thank-you to volunteer Jill! Through her work with AgeMaine’s Money Minders and Medicare programs and as an AARP Tax-Aide volunteer, Jill helped 57 people access tax credits and $300 affordability payments this year.

Jill is part of a dedicated team. This year, our Resource Specialists, interns, and volunteers helped 105 people with property tax fairness and sales tax credits and completed 76 prior-year tax forms. Two clinics hosted with AARP Tax-Aide volunteers also helped 23 people receive – at least – $14,278 in affordability payments and state tax refunds.

Behind those numbers are people with a little more money for groceries, heat, and other everyday needs. Thank you, Jill, and everyone who helps make that possible. Your care makes our community a little stronger.