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Child Care and Day Care providers, impacted by COVID-19 related closures and restrictions, can now apply for a one-time grant from Klamath County to help offset losses in revenue since March 2020. Klamath County has the ability to submit requests for CARES funding and childcare assistance is an allowed use of funds.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath County has established an Economic Development Grant Program to assist county businesses in promoting the local economy in Klamath County. Economic grants are for regional businesses looking for startup or expansion funds in Klamath County.
Read MoreIn July, the Oregon Legislature approved a $35 million program to provide financial relief to Oregonians who may have experienced an economic hardship due to COVID-19. Oregon is partnering with the private sector to deliver one-time, $500 emergency relief payments. To qualify you must meet the following criteria:
Read MoreTIGARD, Ore. – Credit unions are considered essential businesses under Governor Kate Brown’s “Stay Home, Safe Lives” Executive Order, and are here to support more than two million Oregonians. As not-for-profit, cooperative financial services providers, credit unions are already mobilized to help their members who are facing financial hardships as the result of COVID-19.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – 600 High school and middle school students and volunteers from around the Klamath Basin visited the Junior Achievement Finance Park at the Klamath County Fairgrounds this week. Students participated in a simulation on personal finance, learning valuable live skills, and live within their means.
Read MoreThe U.S. economic expansion turned 10 years old this summer, making it the longest expansion in recorded history. Locally, Oregon continues to add jobs and our unemployment rate remains at or near record lows. In addition, incomes are rising and initial claims for unemployment insurance (a measure of layoffs) are down. All told, the state’s economy continues to hit the sweet spot.
Read MoreKLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. - The Klamath County Commissioners, with the Klamath County Sheriff, are pleased to announce the Commissioners’ decision to return $776,539.69 in unspent funds to the County Road Reserve Fund.
Read MoreA more than $1.5 billion tax surplus was confirmed by the Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) earlier this month, triggering a tax surplus credit, or “kicker,” for the 2018 tax year. However, instead of kicker checks, the surplus will be returned to taxpayers through a credit on their 2019 state personal income tax returns filed in 2020.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore.—The Oregon Department of Revenue will begin processing state tax returns on January 28, the same day the IRS will begin processing federal returns. Taxpayers can submit their returns earlier, but processing won’t start until the tax season officially begins.
Read MoreOregonians Can get a Larger Tax Refund with Earned Income Tax Credit - But Many Don't Know This.
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit distributed about $63 billion to 5 million eligible workers and families last year nationwide. The average amount of EITC received was about $2,488 and up to $6,269 if the person filing has qualifying children.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs Home Loan Program had a banner year in 2018, with an outstanding $102,044,184 in new loan origination — a 21 percent increase over the previous year and the program’s highest total in over two decades.
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