Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • January 12, 2011 Area The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism recently announced its 2010 grant recipients, including West Bergen Mental Healthcare, which will receive $15,000 for a vocational summer program for Counselors in Training with Asperger’s. Overall, the foundation will distribute a total of $369,000 to 30 non-profit organizations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, California, and Canada. The $15,000 grant will be used for continued support for a vocational program at West Bergen Mental Healthcare giving young adults with Asperger’s Syndrome an opportunity to be camp counselors - The Counselor-in-Training/ Junior Counselor (CIT/JC) Program. CITs participate in 30 hours of vocational training. Some of the training focuses on general skills needed to acquire and maintain a job and some of the training is specific to working with children and young teens who are affected with Asperger’s. The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, Inc. was established in 1998 by former Patriots and Boston College Quarterback Doug Flutie and his wife, Laurie, in honor of their 19-year-old son, Doug Jr. who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. Autism is a neurological disorder that impacts the normal development of the brain in the areas of social interaction and communication skills. Autism now affects one in 110 children in the United States, and the numbers diagnosed continue to dramatically climb. According to the U.S. Department of Education, autism is growing at a rate between 10 and 17 percent each year. The goals of the Flutie Foundation are to support families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder. The foundation is also committed to increasing awareness of the challenges of living with autism and helping families find resources to help address those challenges. It provides individuals with autism and their families an opportunity to improve their quality of life by funding educational, therapeutic, recreational and advocacy programs. Money raised West Bergen receives grant from Flutie Foundation comes from foundation sponsored fundraisers such as the Flutie Bowl to Strike Out Autism, taking place Jan. 20 this year in Dedham, or the summertime Golf Tournament in June. For more information on the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, call 1-866-3AUTISM, or visit www.flutiefoundation.org. IRS offers tips on who must file a tax return You must file a federal income tax return if your income is above a certain level, which varies depending on your filing status, age, and the type of income you receive. Check the Individuals section of the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov or consult the instructions for Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ for specific details that may help you determine if you need to file a tax return with the IRS this year. You can also use the Interactive Tax Assistant available on the IRS website to determine if you need to file a tax return. The ITA tool is a tax law resource that takes each individual through a series of questions and provides responses to tax law questions. There are some instances when you may want to file a tax return even though you are not required to do so. Even if you don’t have to file, here are several reasons you may want to: You should file to get money back if federal income tax was withheld from your pay, if you made estimated tax payments, or had a prior year overpayment applied to this year’s tax. Making Work Pay Credit: You may be able to take this credit if you earned income from work. The maximum credit for a married couple filing a joint return is $800 and $400 for other taxpayers. Earned Income Tax Credit: You may qualify for EITC if you worked, but did not earn a lot of money. EITC is a refundable tax credit; which means you could qualify for a tax refund. Additional Child Tax Credit: This refundable credit may be available to you if you have at least one qualifying child and you did not get the full amount of the Child Tax Credit. American Opportunity Credit: The maximum credit per student is $2,500 and the first four years of postsecondary education qualify. First-Time Homebuyer Credit: The credit is a maximum of $8,000, or $4,000 if your filing status is married filing separately. To qualify for the credit, taxpayers must have bought – or entered into a binding contract to buy – a principal residence located in the United States on or before April 30, 2010. If you entered into a binding contract by April 30, 2010, you must have closed on the home on or before Sept. 30, 2010. If you bought a home as your principal residence in 2010, you may be able to qualify and claim the credit even if you already owned a home. 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