DCED officials promote NAP program during visit to Erie
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development made several stops in Erie on Monday. One of those was at the Second Harvest Food Bank to talk about the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP).
NAP is a tax credit program meant to encourage businesses to invest in various causes throughout their community.
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The program includes the ability to partner with organizations to improve food security in pennsylvania. And the commonwealth is advocating for more businesses to get involved.
'Anybody with a state tax obligation can get tax credits for making contributions. Instead of just paying your tax bill and it going to Harrisburg, you can pick the projects that you want to make contributions to,' said Rick Vilello, deputy secretary of community affairs and development for the PA Dept. of Community and Economic Development.
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'Having a program like this that can really open us up to large partners, corporate support, is extremely important,' said Greg Hall, CEO of the Second Harvest Food Bank of NWPA.
The governor's office is asking for support of his budget to improve programs like this one.
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