Relief funds from the Stimulus package are beginning to appear in Pasco County!

Career Central (Workforce Florida One Stop Center for Pasco and Hernando Counties) report that they have received funding to expand their hours, provide jobs for young people, as well as other programs.

United Way of Pasco County received funding for local food pantries and shelters. Organizations that received help include: Elderly Nutrition (Meals on Wheels & Dining Centers), Volunteer Way Food Bank, Daystar, Suncoast Harvest, and others.

To see how stimulus money is being spent in Florida, check out flarecovery.com.

The IRS is looking for the millions of people who did not file a tax return and have not received stimulus rebates to which they are entitled. You can help! Do you have retired friends or family members who don't usually have to file a tax return? Ask if they did this year, and let them know they may have some money coming to them!

People have until October 15 to file in order to receive a stimulus payment. Find out more at www.irs.gov.

Want to know where your stimulus payment is? The IRS website now has a tool to let you know when your payment will be sent to you. Just click here and answer the questions. You will need to have:

• Your social security number;
• Your 2007 filing status (i.e. Single, Married Filing Jointly, etc.); and
  
• The number of exemptions you claimed on your 2007 return (not the same as # of dependents).

The IRS has posted the schedule for disbursing the stimulus payment checks. The schedule is based on the last two digits of the primary filer's Social Security number and is as follows:

DIRECT DEPOSIT

PAPER CHECK

Have you heard about the economic stimulus package? This is the program that will send payments ranging from $300 to $1,200 to over 130 million Americans beginning in May.

Most Americans will automatically receive their checks, as they will be sent to those who submit a 2007 income tax return. Those low-income workers and recipients of Social Security and certain Veteran's benefits who made at least $3,000 and are not usually required to file income taxes will need to do so in order to receive the stimulus payments. More details, including telephone numbers for agencies providing help in preparing tax returns, can be found here.