LITCs represent low income taxpayers involved in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), educate individuals who speak English as a second language (ESL) about their rights and responsibilities as taxpayers, or both.
Representation, education, and advocacy are the primary functions
Teach for America is a social venture that hires graduating seniors from some of the most selective colleges and offers them with five-week training courses before unleashing them for a minimum of two years in some of the country’s worst classrooms.