1. The department shall ensure that educational materials relating to the federal and state earned income tax credits are provided in accordance with this section to each household receiving assistance or benefits under: a. The Hawki program under chapter 514I. b. The family investment program under chapter 239B. c. The medical assistance program under chapter 249A. d. The food programs defined in section 234.1 which are administered by the department. e. Any other appropriate programs administered by, or under the oversight of, the department. 2. The department shall, by mail or through the internet, provide a household described in subsection 1 with access to: a. Internal revenue service publications relating to the federal earned income tax credit. b. Department of revenue publications relating to the state earned income tax credit. c. Information prepared by tax preparers who provide volunteer or free federal or state income tax preparationservices to low-income and other eligiblepersons and who are located in close geographic proximity to the person. 3. In January of each year, the departmentor arepresentative of the department shall mail to each household described in subsection 1 information about the federal and state earned income tax credit that provides the household with referrals to the resources described in subsection 2. 4. The mailings required by the department under this section do not have to be made as a separate mailing but may be included in existing mailings being made to the appropriate households.
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