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About TAFI

The Tennessee Alliance for Financial Independence (TAFI) is a collaboration of partners that:

  1. Provide Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) outreach;
  2. Coordinate local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) free tax preparation programs; and/or
  3. Promote financial literacy, savings, and other asset-building programs designed to lead to long-term financial independence.
TAFI was formed in the fall of 2007 as a result of the first statewide EITC Symposium, which was funded by a grant from the Tennessee Department of Human Services.

The collaboration includes:

  • 2-1-1
  • CASH Alliance of Williamson County
  • Clarksville Regional Alliance for Financial Independence
  • EITC Alliance of Memphis
  • Family Self-Sufficiency Alliance of West Tennessee
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • Internal Revenue Service SPEC office
  • Nashville Wealth Building Alliance
  • Tennessee Association of Community Action
  • Tennessee Department of Human Services
  • Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions
  • Tennessee Saves
  • United Way of Greater Knoxville
  • United Way of the Greater Clarksville Region
  • United Way of the Mid-South
  • United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
  • United Way of West Tennessee
  • United Way of Williamson County
  • United Ways of Tennessee
  • Urban League of Greater Chattanooga.

To learn more about these partners and to find a TAFI partner in your region, click here.