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Economic Security Project Inc.

Economic Security Project mobilizes resources and people behind ideas that build economic power for all Americans. An ideas advocacy organization, we provoke the conventional wisdom to shift what’s considered possible, legitimize our issues via research and elevating champions and win concrete policy victories for communities that need change now.

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2 Submitted Ideas

  • CREATE ·2025 Grants Challenge

    Claim Your Cash LA (CYCLA)

    Every year, LA residents miss out on over $750 million in tax credits because they are not required to file taxes, or the cost, time, and complexity of filing is prohibitive. Economic Security California (ESCA)’s Claim Your Cash LA (CYCLA) pilot program connects families to free tax prep services so they can claim hundreds to thousands of dollars per year in credits. The next step is for CYCLA to become a permanent program administered by LA County so that $750 million+ goes to LA families.

  • CREATE ·2024 Grants Challenge

    Claim Your Cash LA (CYCLA) Pilot

    ESP seeks to expand CYCLA, a groundbreaking pilot launched in early 2024 to connect low-income families that have existing interactions with county agencies to free tax prep services. The lowest-income households, families of color, and single-parent households are most likely to miss out on hundreds or thousands of dollars in tax credits due to the cost, time and complexity involved in filing taxes. ESP designed CYCLA to be a scalable model of collaboration between agencies in order to meet the needs of the low-income households they serve.

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