Senior Citizens in West Goshen Township may be eligible to participate in the Township's Trash Rebate Program. To qualify, registrants for the program must meet the following requirements:

• Qualified applicants must be 65 or older as of December 31, 2010.
• Applicants' 2010 household income, including 50% of Social Security payments, must equal $35,000 or less.
• Applicants' trash and sewer bills must be paid in full to date to be eligible for rebate.
• Applicants need to receive a Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate check for the year 2010. The deadline for the 2010 Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate program is June 30, 2011. Applications for the Pennsylvania Tax/Rent Rebate Program may be obtained from the Chester County Department of Aging Services, 601 Westtown Road, Suite 320, West Chester, PA 19382 (610-344-6350), or from West Goshen Township (610-696-5266, ext. 4108). When you receive the Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate, please make a copy of that check and retain it for your records, as you will need to attach it to your West Goshen Township Trash Rebate Program Application.
• Applicants must submit a completed Trash Rebate Program application to West Goshen Township by October 31, 2011.

If this is your first time applying for the West Goshen Township Trash Rebate Program, bring your identification along with a copy of your Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate check.

Property tax rebates will be mailed or direct deposited beginning July 1, 2011. West Goshen Township Trash Rebate checks will be mailed in December 2011.