child tax credit

Supporters of extending the child tax credit attend a press briefing in December 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Child poverty dropped to a record low last year. A new report shows how to keep it that way.

BY: - March 2, 2023

The expanded child tax credit that families received in 2021 helped reduce child poverty across the country, but particularly in the South where families lack a sufficient safety net, according to a paper released on Wednesday. The report by the Hamilton Project, the Brookings Institution’s economic policy initiative, comes as some Democrats appear ready to […]

Justin Ruben and Rime Leonard draw with chalk to celebrate new monthly Child Tax Credit payments and urge congress to make them permanent outside Sen. Chuck Schumer's home on July 12, 2021, in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for ParentsTogether)

Child tax credit expansion left out of congressional omnibus package

BY: - December 20, 2022

WASHINGTON — Any last hopes of resurrecting the expanded child tax credit as part of Congress’ massive spending package were dashed early Tuesday when the 4,155-page bill was released without a mention of the tax benefit. The temporary expanded child tax credit, part of a COVID-19 relief deal in 2021, allowed more low-income families, including […]

Feeding America and Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank host Hungry to Help Lesson Plan for students at an Ohio elementary school in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Studies show gains against childhood hunger were lost after child tax credit ended

BY: - November 15, 2022

An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association in October confirmed previous research that food insecurity increased substantially after the expiration of federal monthly advanced child tax credits on Jan. 15, 2022. The study looked at the period between January and July of this year in a series of national surveys, and found […]