Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley

This year, Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley and the Brazos Valley Council of Governments are managing the 2012 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program in the Brazos Valley. The purpose of the VITA sites is to help low- to moderate-income families have their taxes prepared for free. Many families use money saved to pay bills or add to savings.  This free service has grown each year with the assistance of volunteers who are certified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to [...]

Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley has been working intensively with the Brazos Valley Council of Governments’ (BVCOG) Section 8 Housing Choice voucher program to promote family self sufficiency through coordinated case management for the past 10 months.  The BVCOG Housing Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program is one of the largest in the nation.  The housing staff enter into voluntary contracts with their customers to become self-sufficient within 5 years.  This means that the customer will be off of all public assistance [...]