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"Soldiers defeated by debt"

"Seven years after Congress banned payday-loan companies from charging exorbitant interest rates to service members, many of the nation's military bases are surrounded by storefront lenders who charge

Reaching out to "close the hunger gap"

22.6 percent of children in Chatham County live in food insecure households, according to the website FeedingAmerica.

Increasing our national minimum wage: Where do you stand?

President Obama’s surpri

CAP graduate Maurice Johnson gets some well-deserved recognition

Maurice Johnson, who spoke at Step Up Savannah's annual meeting--and wowed the crowd-- last October was featured in an article on Feb.

Habitat for Humanity Calls for 2013 New Homeownership Applications

Applications for Chatham County residents who wish to apply to the “Habitat Homeownership Program” may pick up a pre-qualification form starting Jan. 14, through Jan.

Possibly the greatest thing the IRS has ever done for you

    The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (or VITA) is one of the most effective programs created by the IRS for working families, seniors and o

Help bring millions of dollars back into the community- become a Volunteer Tax Preparer!

Become a volunteer tax preparer and help low- and moderate-income Savannah families avoid high tax preparation fees and claim all the credits they are eligible for.

Step Up has all the elements

Annual meeting speaker Steven McCullough commends Savannah's anti-poverty collaborative and urges our partners to use their relationships to help Savannah-area ex-offenders find and keep jobs.