Two years after the expiration of the expanded child tax credit, a pandemic-era policy that temporarily but dramatically lowered child poverty rates, federal lawmakers are close to a bipartisan deal that may reinstate some version of the credit.
We’ve been fighting poverty all wrong
By Dana Goldstein See original post here. Colorado joins a growing list of states with bipartisan support for child tax credits, which give parents money, no
By: LINDSEY ROSE BULLINGER See original post here. In 2021, when many American families were suffering from the financial fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, the federal
See original post here. All of our kids should have the freedom to dream big and pursue their goals. Whether they’re Black, brown or white,
See original post here. The last year has been a difficult one financially for 44-year-old Rocky Harper. Inflation, especially, has eaten into his paychecks that
By Melissa Jeltsen See original post here. A typical pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks. Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that created a constitutional right to
By: Jason DeParle WASHINGTON — When the history of American hardship is written in some distant decade, two recent events may capture the whipsaw forces
By: Joe Hughes The temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit in 2021 led to an enormous drop in poverty, according to Census Bureau data released in
By: Cara Murez Child tax credits had a huge impact in U.S. households that struggle to afford food. And after those credits ended, many low-income American families
By: CALEB BRENNAN When the COVID-19 lockdown went into effect, child welfare advocates and pediatric experts feared that child abuse that would have otherwise been noticed would
By: Lorie Konish When Natacha Chavez began receiving monthly child tax credit payments last year, it added $500 per month to her family’s budget. The
By: JIM PUGH With the November midterm elections fast approaching, the path the United States government will take over the next two years is looking
By: Hans Nichols The White House is engaging with Senate Democrats about making one last push for an enhanced child tax credit this year —
By: Sam Kim South Korea plans to provide every family with a newborn child a monthly allowance of 1 million won ($740), in its latest
By: KALENA THOMHAVE See original post here. For Sasha Foster, a mother of two in Connecticut, the federal expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) was particularly welcome
By: Mark Wolfe See original post here. The Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ tax, climate and health care bill that the Senate just passed, sets the
By: JIM PUGH. See original post here. Last year, Anna James, a mother from Fayetteville, NC received a lifeline: monthly payments from the expanded Child Tax
By: GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTINEZ. See original post here. Zebulon Newton received the last monthly Child Tax Credit payment of $550 for his two children on December
By: Michele Kayal See original press release here. American voters believe — by a roughly 6-to-1 margin — that the federal government is spending too
By: Arthur Phillips See original post here. Last month, the Federal Reserve released its annual Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households for 2021. Based on a survey
By: JOSHUA MCCABE, ROBERT ORR. See original post here. Policymakers are looking for ways to break the stalemate over extending temporary enhancements to the Child
By: Carmen Reinicke See original post here. A group of more than 40 racial justice organizations are calling on leaders in Congress to reinstate the
by Carmen Reinicke original article here Without the child tax credit, Stormy Johnson has been skipping her own meals so her kids can eat. Johnson,
By: RACHEL FLEISHMAN. See original post here. I’m a Pediatrician Caring for Families in Poverty. Here’s What’s Been Happening at My Hospital Since the Child Tax
By: Marin Cogan See original post here. Allina Diaz started looking for work last May, after graduating from the University of Maine at Augusta. As
By: Caitlyn Kim. See original post here. For more than eight years, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet has been trying to expand the Child Tax Credit and
By: KRISTIE WEILAND STAGNO See original post here. Who is most likely to be poor in America? Children. Their pre-pandemic poverty rate of 1 in
By: Elaine Maag Original post can be seen here. As President Biden and congressional Democrats make another push to reach a compromise on a social
“Means tests” restrict the availability of public assistance based on income, by making people “prove” they’re poor enough to deserve help. By: REV. DR. LIZ THEOHARIS, REV.
See original post here. The attached letter, signed by over 60 behavioral scientists from institutions around the country, was sent by the ideas42 Policy Lab
Joe Manchin dealt the final blow to the Child Tax Credit. But the reasons it lapsed are deeper than one man. By: Dylan Matthews. See original
By: Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters See original post here. As Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers contemplate how to deliver the state’s surplus dollars back to Californians
Monthly cash payments from the federal government last year may have helped some parents avoid taking out payday loans or selling their blood plasma in
See original post here. Households who received the monthly Child Tax Credit in 2021 experienced a dramatic decline in employment after the credit expired, according
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux See original post here. Imagine the federal government could lift millions of American children out of poverty with a single program. That program
By: Nushrat Rahman Original Post: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/03/25/michigan-monthly-child-tax-credit/7134132001/ An extra boost in child tax credits relieved financial stress for Michigan families who used the monthly payments on the basics
For the second half of 2021, millions of families received monthly child tax credit checks. Implementing a permanent child allowance could bring in billions in
In December, the child tax credit lifted nearly 4 million children out of poverty. If it had been extended through 2022, it would have cut
Residents of New Mexico should expect Child Tax payment to begin again in the next few days. Will other states follow them? By: Stephen Silver.
By: Leo Aquino Original Post: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/families-affected-child-tax-credit-payments-stopped-2022-3 _____________________________________ Highlights: US parents received $250 monthly child tax credit payments from July to December 2021 under Biden’s Build
BY: TAHRA JIRARI Original Post: https://www.niskanencenter.org/an-expanded-child-tax-credit-aids-entrepreneurship/ Despite the best efforts of advocates, the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) expired in 2021. Some in Washington, including
A child tax credit bill has passed the state House in Vermont and has moved on to the Senate. By: Stephen Silver Original Post: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/politics/child-tax-credit-advances-vermont%E2%80%99s-state-legislature-200759
Data confirm that the Child Tax Credit is more effective anti-poverty legislation than many of its policy peers yet it has lapsed. What’s next? By:
Some in Congress say the child tax credit isn’t needed because Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a success. Our reporting found it’s marked by
New Survey Reveals Rising Family Poverty and Child Hunger As Second Month without the Expanded Child Tax Credit Approaches Original Post: https://parentstogetheraction.org/2022/02/10/new-survey-reveals-rising-family-poverty-and-child-hunger-as-second-month-without-the-expanded-child-tax-credit-approaches/ According to a
Republican senators and representatives, including Utah’s Mitt Romney and Mike Lee, have signed on to ‘The Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2022’
Working families and those with new businesses depend on payments to make ends meet. By: Megan Curtis | Special to The Tribune Original Post: https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/02/03/megan-curtis-congress/
Congress failed to extend funding for the credit, and many families reflected on how the payments shaped their lives amid COVID-driven economic uncertainty and how
America’s Endangered Solution to Child Poverty By: Kathryn A. Edwards. Original post: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-02-08/expanded-child-tax-credit-was-a-crucial-innovation The expanded child tax credit lapsed in December as the cost of
This week, Rashida Tlaib and Mondaire Jones introduced the End Child Poverty Act in Congress. It’s a watershed bill that would bring the US in
By covering part of the cost of daycare, Child Tax Credit checks have allowed many mothers to continue pursuing a career despite the Great Resignation.
Original post can be seen here: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-cash-low-income-families-impacts-infant.html A team of investigators from six universities across the U.S. reports that an intervention designed to reduce poverty
By Ja’Ron Smith Original post can be found at: https://www.westernjournal.com/op-ed-conservative-argument-reviving-child-tax-credit-covid-lockdowns-ravage-families/ One of the most significant impacts of the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus
By: Rick Newman Original Post: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-are-running-out-of-money-213744569.html One mystery of the labor shortage is the missing paycheck: How long can people choosing not to work last without an
By Max Ghenis Original article: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/587590-democrats-should-be-courting-romney-not-manchin When President Joe Biden announced the Build Back Better framework in October, he called it “the most transformative investment in children
Parents and caregivers have put the money toward debt and household expenses, U.S. Census Bureau surveys have found. By Ella Ceron and Kelsey Butler Original article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-20/child-tax-credit-2021-joe-manchin-opposes-aid-parents-are-using-for-food-rent The
By Carmen Reinicke Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/18/parents-worry-about-the-end-of-monthly-child-tax-credit-payments.html Without the child tax credit, Stormy Johnson is worried about having enough to eat. Johnson, 44, works as a
By Riley Bunch Original article: https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/12/14/the-covid-era-child-tax-credit-saved-her-family-now-she-and-others-fear-the-worst Hannah Ochoa was near her breaking point. The 29-year-old Marietta mother of four young children was struggling to pay
By Suzan K. DelBene Original article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/monthly-child-tax-credit-payments-are-getting-parents-get-back-to-work-opinion/ar-AAROj3w In early 2020, Wendy and her family moved to the Pacific Northwest for her husband’s new job. She
By Alicia Adamczyk Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/07/millions-of-kids-would-fall-into-poverty-if-enhanced-child-tax-credit-ends.html As Congress continues to debate the Democrats’ Build Back Better legislation, a new analysis finds that almost 10 million
By Andrew Trunsky Original article: https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/07/child-tax-credit-driving-americans-toward-entrepreneurship-little-effect-on-workforce/ A new study suggests that the child tax credit is not reducing overall employment nationwide but is driving some
BY Khaleda Rahman Original article: https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-low-income-families-get-1800-child-tax-credits-next-month-1652387 Tens of thousands of low-income families who signed up to receive the expanded child tax credit before the November 15
By David Clunie and Samantha Tweedy Original article: https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/582092-child-tax-credit-payments-at-current-levels-could The COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented nationwide protests against racial inequity in 2020 shined a necessary light
Family poverty has substantially declined thanks to the child tax credit By Arthur Delaney Original article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/inflation-child-poverty-tax-credit_n_61940234e4b005197af7ddaa WASHINGTON ― Rising prices have crushed consumer sentiment and
By Carmen Reinicke Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/03/extending-this-provision-of-the-child-tax-credit-will-slash-poverty-by-19percent.html The expanded child tax credit, established in March by the American Rescue Plan, will be continued for just one
By Matt Zwolinski Original Article: https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/25/zwolinski-the-child-tax-credit-is-a-pro-family-and-pro-freedom-way-to-help-parents/ Since July of this year, over 30 million families have received monthly cash payments from the Federal government under
by Katie Fleischer COVID-19 and the unprecedented economic crisis it caused made 2020 one of the most economically challenging years for communities across the country. Almost
By Joseph Zeballos-Roig and Andy Kiersz ANALYSIS Manchin is reportedly pitching a $60,000 income cap for families to get the Biden child tax credit. A new analysis
By Logan Rockefeller Harris Researchers from the Center on Poverty & Social Policy at Columbia University have been measuring monthly poverty rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. They
The benefits were handed out. But they don’t seem to be translating politically. In some cases, voters don’t even credit Biden for them. By Sam Stein
A basic income experiment in the state should teach national Democrats a lesson as they weigh a permanent Child Tax Credit. By Bryce Covert Tamara
By Joseph Zeballos-Roig A new study challenges Manchin’s assertion that the revamped child tax credit keeps people from working. The analysis found “statistically insignificant impacts”
Opinion by Amy K. Matsui The new Netflix series “Maid” — largely based on the bestselling memoir of the same name by Stephanie Land —
By Samuel Hammond Budget reconciliation negotiations among Democrats have hit an impasse over Senator Joe Manchin’s worries about extending the Child Tax Credit (CTC) without a work
By Amber Cromwell and Heather Brown We’ve all heard the argument that “poverty is a choice.” The reality is that’s true — but not for
By Jason Lemon Fox News anchor Chris Wallace confronted Senator John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican, over his support for expanding child tax credits under former President Donald
by Elaine Maag As Congress debates whether to extend the major, but temporary, changes to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) it adopted earlier this year,
By Skylar Eagle MERCER COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — The pandemic changed life for millions of Americans across the nation. Utility and food bills increased with
by Carmen Reinicke The new enhanced child tax credit may help parents continue working, a recent study shows. Nearly 94% of parents said they planned to continue working
As Democrats debate whether to extend the enhanced and fully refundable child tax credit (CTC) past this year, almost 450 U.S. economists have come out
By: NATALIE FOSTER. There may be a lot that is still up in the air this back-to-school season, but there is one new constant for
Census surveys show that low income families are using the child tax credits to pay off debt. This is why it should be made permanent.
Phil came to the U.S. in search of opportunity, but when COVID-19 hit he lost his job, immigration status, and health care when he needed
For many American parents struggling to make ends meet during the Covid crisis, Biden’s child tax credit has already made a huge difference By: Bobbi
By: Carmen Reinicke @CSREINICKE In August, millions of American families received the second of six advance child tax credit payments — hundreds of dollars per
By: DANIEL J. PEREZ-LOPEZ A drop in the number of households with children that reported food insufficiency and trouble paying household expenses may be linked
Researchers estimate the expanded child tax credit will cut child poverty almost in half and poverty for Black Children by more than half. By: Sumbul
The Center on Poverty and Social Policy’s research has helped to ensure that the poorest third of children in the United States receive the full
Christina Darling finally replaced her 2006 Chevrolet Equinox after it broke down several times while picking her children up from day care. But the 31-year-old
Consumers are facing sharp increases in prices at check-out, but are these related stimulus checks and the new payments for the Child Tax Credit? By:
“There’s very few good news stories, and this is one.” By: Sarah Jones Months into lockdown, Maggie Wiggin noticed that her 7-year-old son had become
The videos of parents getting their checks aren’t just a fun meme — they suggest a path for making the one-year policy permanent. By: Dylan Matthews
By MICHAEL HILTZIK Starting Thursday, the money will begin to flow in one of the most important government initiatives ever aimed at transforming the economics of
The child credit in the stimulus package is just a temporary measure but it is like UBI for kids. Given the good it can do,
Qualifying families will get monthly payments of up to $300 a month for each child under 6 and up to $250 a month for each
The American Rescue Plan has been hailed as a historic effort that will cut poverty by a third and child poverty by half. Congress can keep it going.
“We have to create an entirely new structure for the Internal Revenue Service. We are not historically a benefits delivery federal agency,” Rettig said on
His Family Security Act, which would pay parents a monthly stipend as they raise their children, has united an unusually diverse swath of experts and
The newly enacted child tax credit has the potential to reduce the number of rent-burdened households with children by nearly 9%. By Dana Anderson The newly
The American Rescue Plan would temporarily expand the child tax credit for 2021: allowing 17-year-old children to qualify, increasing the credit to $3,000 per child
The hot debate about which federal agency is best suited to manage benefits for kids could impact kids for generations. By: Elaine Maag President Biden,
