Missionary Bloggers Are Rising Up!
The Inside Track On Today’s Christian Missionary Bloggers

There is an amazing phenomenon underway in the global world of Christian Missionary Outreach – its online Missionary Blogging. Simply put, Missionary Blogging is exploding in popularity!

BlogWatch.Missionary-Blogs.com is fast becoming one of the most popular sites to find Christian Bloggers across the globe. This site has created a portal that gives us first hand, real time access into the lives and experiences of missionary workers. These Missionary Bloggers are doing amazing work that’s enriching the lives of some many people, in many different yet needy corners of the world. These blogs are informational, instructive and some are quite entertaining as well.

Check out BlogWatch.Missionary-Blogs.com and link into some 475 active missionary blogs coming to us from all around the world. This is a great place to find dedicated and adventurous missionaries who share the insiders view of their missions in places such as: Africa, Asia, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, etc. BlogWatch.Missionary-Blogs.com also offers a variety of blog carnivals. When you visit their new site, take time to participant in their bloggers carnival – you’ll find it to be a truly worthwhile experience.

The Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics, (LITC), Grant Program is a federal program administered by the Taxpayer Advocate Service. The Taxpayer Advocate Service is an independent organization within the IRS whose employees assist taxpayers who are experiencing economic harm, who are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels or who believe that an IRS system or procedure is not working as it should.

Under the LITC Grant Program, the IRS awards matching grants of up to $100,000 per year to develop, expand or maintain low-income taxpayer clinics. The program is in its tenth year and continues to expand. To date in 2008, the LITC Program Office has awarded LITC grants to 154 organizations in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.

LITCs are independent organizations that provide low-income taxpayers with representation in federal tax controversies with the IRS for free or for a nominal charge. The clinics also provide taxpayer education and outreach for taxpayers who speak English as a second language. Publication 4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List, provides information on clinics. It is available at www.irs.gov or local IRS offices.

The application period for this grant will runs each year from May through July. The grant cycle extends from January through December of the applicable year. Typically, applications are requested in early July and they may be mailed or filed electronically.

Copies of the 2009 Grant Application Package and Guidelines, IRS Publication 3319 (Rev. 5-2008), are available at www.irs.gov/advocate for your review, along with a list of past grant recipients. During the application submission period, applicants may also order application packages from the IRS Distribution Center by calling 1-800-829-3676.

Applicants can also file electronically at www.grants.gov. Those applying electronically should use the Funding Number TREAS-GRANTS-052009-001.

Questions about the LITC Program or grant application process can be addressed to the LITC Program Office at (202) 622-4711, not a toll-free call, or by e-mail at LITCProgramOffice@irs.gov.