August 24, 2009 (LINCOLN, NE)—The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded $15,000 in Community Development Assistance Act tax credits to Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska in Grand Island for its Acquired Brain Injury Job Training Program. These mark the first credits of the FY2010 $350,000 allocation to be awarded.
The nonprofit organization’s program focuses on helping individuals overcome barriers, recognize and build on strengths, enable them to become more independent and productive and integrate back into the community. For example, a roofer who’s fallen off a roof and sustained a brain injury, or a soldier who’s suffered a brain injury resulting from a bomb explosion can work through the program to get necessary training to rejoin the workforce.
The Community Development Assistance Act (CDAA) was created in 1985 by the Nebraska Legislature to encourage financial support by businesses to community betterment organizations in their efforts to implement community service and development projects in chronic economically distressed areas.
CDAA empowers the Department to distribute a 40 percent state tax credit to businesses, corporations, insurance firms, or financial institutions, or individuals who make eligible contributions of cash, services or materials to approved non-profit community betterment projects.
Five types of projects may qualify, including ones that provide:
- Employment training
- Human and medical services
- Physical facility and neighborhood development services
- Recreational and educational activities
- Crime prevention
Kevin Andersen at 800-426-6505, 402-471-3775 or
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Patty Wood at 800-426-6505, 402-471-1559 or
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