HELP - 2-1-1: How You Can Help

Reinvest your Tax Refund & support 2-1-1

What 2-1-1 does:

2-1-1 is an easy-to-remember phone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community.
You can also text your need to 898-211.
Over the past 4 years, more than 700,000 people turned to Louisiana 2-1-1 to seek assistance to find help.
Dialing 2-1-1 is an easy way to find help or give help.
Citizens can access 2-1-1 24 hours a day, seven days a week, even during disasters.
Every day, someone, somewhere in Louisiana contacts 2-1-1 to find help. Callers are looking for resources like clothing, food or programs for their families. Louisiana 2-1-1 listens to their needs and provides available resources.
This tax season, consider reinvesting your Louisiana state tax refund by donating a portion of it to Louisiana 2-1-1.
Your state tax donations help ensure that Louisiana 2-1-1 remains an active resource for Louisiana citizens

About these donations:
Funds have been used to sustain the Louisiana 2-1-1 website, support disaster preparations, pay for statewide georouting services, implement the iCarol database system, onboard onto the national texting platform and advance telephony. A portion of funds has been allocated directly to the 2-1-1 providers to be used as needed for operations.

LAUW receives these designated donations from tax payers to support Louisiana 2-1-1. The receipt and use of these designations are reported quarterly to the Louisiana 2-1-1 Coordinating Council. These donations are needed to build the capacity and advance Louisiana 2-1-1.

Reinvesting your refund has never been easier:

When filing a Louisiana Income Tax Return (electronically or by hand), you can designate to the Louisiana Association of United Ways/LA 2-1-1 on Schedule D.
OR Inform your tax preparer that you wish to give part of your tax return to the Louisiana Association of United Ways/LA 2-1-1 when filing your Louisiana State Income Tax Return.

For more information about investing your refund, please contact the Louisiana Association of United Ways at 225-341-2928.