What exactly do

Tax Credits

Mean to Us?

Tax credits are amazing gifts that arrive all year long. Arizona residents are able to contribute up to $421 for an individual ($841 for those married filing jointly), which provides a dollar-for-dollar reduction in your state tax liability. Still not sure? Keep reading.

What is a Tax Credit?

A tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction of your income. For example, if your total tax on your return is $841, you are eligible for a $841 tax credit, and your net liability drops to zero.

What if I Already Gave a Tax Credit to My Child's School?

That's okay! In Arizona, you can contribute tax credits in up to four different ways and they are mutually exclusive, which means you can spread the love even more!

How Much Can I Give?

The maximum credit that can be claimed on the 2023 Arizona return for donations made to qualifying organizations is $421 for single, married filing separate or head of household taxpayers, and $841 for married filing joint taxpayers.

What Do I Need to Do?

Click the button below to pay online, or print and mail the form with your check. We will send you a receipt, which you give to your tax professional, and *POOF* that's it! It really is that easy!

Make a Tax Credit Donation

For more information about Arizona Tax Credits, visit the Arizona Department of Revenue's website by clicking the button below.

AZ Dept of Rev

Raising Adventuresome Eaters

Nourish supports children in eating so they can grow and learn to enjoy foods. We support the therapists and teams who help them feel well enough to eat, have the skills to safely eat and swallow, learn to enjoy the smells, textures and flavors of foods and, in general, master the skills of eating.

But let’s look at the big picture of eating for older babies and children! From the beginning we encourage parents (and grandparents) to think about introducing older babies to foods to give them opportunities to get to know foods, explore them and learn their preferences, finding out what do they love? It is not our adult job to get food in children and to force them to like certain foods or eat certain volumes. We want them to figure out what they love and how much to eat. We want to support each baby to learn to eat at their own pace and figure out what works for them. Some babies are inherently more adventuresome and others just start out more cautious. When we push them to go faster, we can create pressure and worry. Let’s think of our jobs as giving just right opportunities...see below for more

From Our Friends at The Get Permission Institute:

Holiday Food

🙁There is no reason holidays need to be filled with pressure to eat certain foods or behave a certain way.

😍Help your child feel loved and celebrated for who they are and not what they eat.

👉If this means you need to feed your child before you leave, so that they’re nourished & regulated, go for it.

👉If it means you need to bring food with you, go for it.

👶A happy comfortable child is a child who is able to enjoy themselves more and engage in so many other ways at gatherings.

😬If you get pushback from the host or other family members, say “My priority is that my child feels good and comfortable so we can all enjoy ourselves. I would ask you to respect that I know what will work best for my family.” No need for apologies.

🙂And if this is you – don’t apologize for yourself. You’re doing nothing wrong!

Raising Adventuresome Eaters (continued)

In order to give children beautifully varied opportunities, we can change our thinking a bit. Babies do not just need baby foods from the grocery store shelf and children do not just need children’s menus. If babies only are exposed to commercially available baby foods, they only practice ONE texture…really, really smooth! We want to offer foods that give children the foundation to eventually eat our family foods with all the varieties of flavors and textures. To get ready for these family foods, emerging little eaters need positive experiences with lots of developmentally safe and appropriate textures and variations on family food. Two great resources on transitions to solids might be:

And check out all of those Children’s Menus! French fries, nuggets, hot dogs, grilled cheese , mac and cheese, and pizza, oh my! Yes, children often love these, and they are not inherently bad foods at all. However, if we want children to have experiences with family foods, they we also need to give them experiences with family foods. Can they have some of the family meatloaf, or salmon, tacos or salads? Research tells us that children who were exposed to a bigger variety of foods at young ages with adults who role model eating those foods were much more adventure eaters as they got older. Enjoy those mealtimes with the little ones in your life!

Thank You

to everyone who purchased Jim Click Raffle Tickets. The drawing will be held on Thursday, December 14th at 5:30 pm. Winners will be posted HERE by 7:00 pm that evening. Wondering if you won? Check back here on the 14th. Fingers crossed for everyone!!