CAP Council Launches "Check the Box" Campaign This Tax Season CAP Council Launches "Check the Box" Campaign This Tax Season

1/27/14 - Area residents are encouraged to make a donation this tax season that will increase the funds available to help prevent local child abuse and neglect. LACASA’s Child Abuse Prevention or CAP Council is a designated local council of the Michigan Children’s Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to support programs aimed at protecting children in Livingston County, as well as other local councils across the state. The LACASA Center has launched a Check the Box campaign and asks county residents to check line 6 on Form 4642 on Michigan 2013 income tax returns to contribute. All increases in tax check-off revenues to the Children’s Trust Fund from local residents will be added to the CAP Council’s next grant, which Director Deanna Norris says will strengthen their capacity to serve children in Livingston County. The funds donated from each county will be tracked this year and next, and increases in donations over previous years will be used to calculate increases in funding for each county during the next grant cycle. All 2013 donations to the Children’s Trust Fund are deductible on next year’s federal tax returns. (JM)