Kick off the 2025 tax season with John Burton Advocates for Youth!

Join this virtual training for county child welfare agencies and their community partners on helping nonminor dependents and former foster youth claim the California Foster Youth Tax Credit, worth up to $1,154 in 2025.

The training will equip attendees with resources and information for helping young adults learn about, prepare for, and file their state and federal taxes. In 2024, current and former foster youth who filed their taxes received an average of $1,370 for single filers and $5,265 for parenting (head of household) filers.

Presenters will review JBAY’s new “Taxes 101” workshop curriculum for youth. The training will also discuss how to conduct outreach, how to host self-filing events, how to refer youth to Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites, and how to help youth utilize JBAY’s self-filing guide.