A Model for Technology Integration in Poverty Services: Implementing I-CAN! EIC

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Interactive Community Assistance Network (I-CAN!) and its tax preparation component, I-CAN! EIC, have the potential to increase pro se litigants' ability to vindicate their rights in court and to eliminate the costs associated with tax preparation for low-wage workers eligible for the earned income tax credit. Using these and other technologies to their full potential requires careful implementation planning, commitment, and leadership from the poverty law community.

By Michelle Barrett From January - February 2005