The Ohio Benefit Bank (OBB) is a web-based computer program to connect low and moderate-income Ohioans with access to work supports such as tax credits and public benefits.

Trained counselors guide clients through questions seeking information needed for tax returns and to project eligibility for work support tax credits and public benefits.  Once an OBB client provides all necessary information, the answers to the questions posed by the counselor populate the fields in the appropriate tax and benefits forms.  The results are legible, accurate tax returns and benefits forms ready for submission to the appropriate government agency.  

The OBB e-files tax returns and some benefit forms.  OBB tax services are available to Ohioans earning under $56,000 per year.   Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County was able to help 30 families use the Ohio Benefit Bank System in 2009 and all were eligible for assistance.

For more information on the Ohio Benefit Bank, click here.