2010 Community Assessment Survey
Community Action of Nebraska is launching the 2010 Community Assessement Survey May 5- 31, 2010. 10,000 surveys have been mailed to residents all across Nebraska. With the survey, Community Action aims to discover the most pressing challenges Nebraskans face so that the Community Action agencies across the state will be better equipped to address those challenges.
Those selected for the survey were chosen at random from among the residents of Nebraska and are encouraged to complete and return the survey as soon as possible. Each person’s responses are important because they represent other households similar to their own who will not receive a copy of the survey.
Community Action has worked closely with the Social Sciences Research Center at Wayne State College to develop the survey, which asks questions on a variety of topics such as healthcare, childcare, finances, and challenges faced by individuals and families.
The survey is funded by the Community Action agencies of Nebraska and the Department of Health and Human Services. Community Action agencies are private, non-profit organizations dedicated to helping low-income people attain self-sufficiency in all 93 counties of Nebraska.
The surveys will be arriving in peoples’ mailboxes the first or second week of May. If you receive a survey, please complete and return it as soon as possible. Each person’s responses are very important to help present a more accurate picture of life in Nebraska.
For more information about the survey, please review our Frequently Asked Questions section or call or e-mail Erin Kampbell at Community Action of Nebraska (402.471.3714).
For more information about services provided by Community Action agencies, click on the Community Action Agencies tab at left.
To get answers on Frequently Asked Questions on the 2010 Community Action of Nebraska Community Assessment Survey click here.
Do I Need to Adjust My W-4? How Do I Do This?
Form W-4 is the Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. This form is used to withhold income tax from most employees. If at the end of the year you had a balance due, you may want to adjust your Form W-4.
The amount of income tax withheld from an employee’s pay depends on:
- The amount you earn in each payroll period
- How often you are paid
- The information you provide to the your employer on Form W-4
Form W-4 uses four types of information you provide to calculate withholding:
- Marital status (Married or Single) – Persons who qualify to check the
“Married” box on line 3 of Form W-4 are taxed at a lower rate. Everyone else
must have tax withheld at the higher single rate.
- Withholding allowances - Each allowance reduces the amount of
withholding. The more allowances claimed, the less income tax the employer
will withhold. Claiming “0” allowances will result in the most tax withheld.
- Whether an additional withholding amount is requested – You may
request your employer to withhold an additional amount to avoid owing tax
when you file your tax return.
- Whether an exemption from withholding is claimed - If you qualify to claim
an exemption from income tax, the employer will not withhold federal income
tax from wages. There are qualifications for exemption from withholding. See
Form W-4 for details.
Checking and Changing Your Withholding
Once you give your employer the IRS Form W-4, you should check to see whether the amount withheld is adequate (too much or too little). You may also want to change your Form W-4 if changes to any of the following occur: marital status, exemptions, adjustments, deductions, or credits you expect to claim on your tax return.
See Publication 919 for amounts to be withheld. If the amount withheld is too much or too little, you may want to submit a revised Form W-4.
Community Action Agencies are recipients of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding in a number of project areas, including early childhood education, homelessness prevention, asset development and other community building programs.
This funding has regulated reporting periods, with the next one being January 10, 2010. For more information on what is ARRA is being used for in Nebraska, you can find information at http://www.recovery.nebraska.gov or talk directly to a local CAA for the projects that are being developed locally with these stimulus funds.