Last year I wanted my mother to go to a VITA program because my father had died during the year and I just wanted to make sure she filed correctly. There were no offices open or appointments taken (this was during the government shut down last dec) until Feb. so the OP may be very delayed if he waits for a VITA office to open. I’m not sure they are trained to do amended returns.
I went with her to the appt at a university. I was unimpressed. I heard a lot of students questioned about the 1098t but no one was asked about books purchased or if the 1098t was correct, whether all the expenses matched up or if any were from a prior tax year. We actually left after 3+ hours and I just did her return myself.