Tax Day: What programs you should feel good about funding?

SLIDESHOW - Whether you are planning how to use your tax refund, writing a check for 2012 tax payments or filing an extension, here are some of the programs funded by your tax dollars..

Shartia Brantley

Apr 15, 2013

Today is tax day.

Whether you are planning how to use your tax refund, writing a check for 2012 tax payments or filing an extension, there are several programs that have a disproportionate positive impact on the African-American community.

Head Start and CHIP, for example, aims to narrow the education gap for low-income children and to ensure healthy development by defraying medical costs. The USPS and military also serve as major employers for African-Americans.

Here are 10 beneficiaries of your tax dollars that you might feel good about funding.