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Tax season may be months away, but many organizations that host volunteer tax preparation sites are already planning ahead. It’s not too early to order Go Direct materials for distribution at your tax preparation site. Click here for more information about the
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October 2007
Last Chance to Sign up for Go Direct Champions!
Want to boost your direct deposit enrollments? Looking for kudos from the Treasury? Sign up for the Go Direct Champions program today!
Yes, Go Direct is still accepting registrations for the Go Direct Champions recognition program for financial institutions. Don’t miss out!
It just takes a moment to register for Go Direct Champions online, and it’s FREE – click here to register. (NOTE: If you participated in Go Direct Champions last year, you will need to re-register your bank or credit union for this year’s program)
Go Direct Champions is open to all banks and credit unions. Top performers between the October 2007 and May 2008 program period will receive an award and official recognition from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
For more information about Go Direct Champions, see the Go Direct Champions Information Sheet. Registration and additional details are also available on the Go Direct Champions Web page.
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Promote Senior Safety during Crime
Prevention Month
Senior safety is a message that resonates with federal benefit recipients – and there’s no doubt that direct deposit offers senior citizens more convenience and safety than paper checks. October is National Crime Prevention Month, and Go Direct partners are busy promoting senior safety:
- Police departments across the country are pairing up with local senior and community centers to hold senior safety workshops on preventing fraud and identity theft by choosing direct deposit. (For a list of the workshops, click here.)
- Financial institutions and non-profit partners can print out special Crime Prevention Month materials for use in newsletters, on Web sites and at events, to spread the safety message. For these materials and more, click here.
- Go Direct also helps partner organizations gain media exposure for their involvement in the campaign. Distribute a customizable Letter to the Editor to local media to boost your visibility in the community and spread the word about the benefits of direct deposit.
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Updates to the Green Book: A Guide to Federal ACH Payments and Collections
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Management Service has made recent updates to the Green Book – a comprehensive guide for financial institutions that receive ACH payments from the federal government and send payments to the federal government.
For Go Direct partners, the Green Book is a great resource for learning how to complete the enrollment process for government payments and to monitor performance in increasing direct deposit of Social Security payments – and for tracking individual progress for the Go Direct Champions program. Direct deposit tracking reports can help you gauge which Go Direct marketing efforts worked best for you in specific markets.
The Green Book is available at www.fms.treas.gov/greenbook and chapters can be printed as PDF documents.
To access the updated sections of the Green Book online – as of September 26, 2007 – click here. The updated sections include chapters one, three, four, six, seven and eight and the ACH payment schedule.
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In the Media
Check out some recent media stories about Go Direct!
- On Sept. 24, the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) included an article about its partnership with Go Direct in its electronic bulletin, which is distributed to more than 430 NCPC partner organizations across the country.
- On the heels of a near-check delay due to coastal storms in Texas in late August, two Texas radio stations aired stories about the benefits of direct deposit as a way to prepare for a disaster -- KHCB-AM (Houston, Texas) on August 27, and KLVI-AM (Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas) on August 22.
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