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As the expanded child tax credit draws to a close, yet another study highlights its positive impact

by Samantha Fields
Apr 20, 2022
It's been especially important to low-income families and families of color.
Studies show that many parents have used the expanded child tax credit to purchase healthier food and household necessities.  
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Wednesday's child tax credit payments could be the last

by Samantha Fields
Dec 15, 2021
The expansion of the child tax credit was temporary and will expire at the end of the year unless Congress votes to extend it.
Children draw on a canceled check prop during a rally in Washington urging extension of the expanded child tax credit.
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Necessities top child tax credit spending

by Amanda Peacher
Aug 13, 2021
Payments to households with children have been made for the second month after a first round that cost $15 billion.
Most parents who received a child tax credit used it on necessities, like groceries, utilities or school supplies.
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The expanded child tax credit could "cut poverty in half"

by Samantha Fields
Jun 28, 2021
Starting July 15, most parents will get monthly payments for half of the tax credit instead of a lump sum at tax time.
More parents will be eligible for the child tax credit this year. Above, a mother and daughter stand outside of a community food pantry in New York.
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Here’s who will benefit from the expanded child tax credit

by Janet Nguyen
May 18, 2021
Under the American Rescue Plan, eligible families could receive a monthly payment for each child under 18.
The American Rescue Plan provides expanded benefits for families with children under the age of 18.
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Relief bill could lift millions of kids out of poverty by expanding tax credit

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 24, 2021
Eligible parents could get monthly checks under the proposal instead of a yearly credit when they file their taxes.
According to the OECD, the U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates in the developed world.
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The child poverty rate today is the same as in 1990

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 17, 2019
In 2017, the child poverty rate was 18%. Go back nearly three decades to 1990: also 18%.
Children play as a woman, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills bottles of water at a public tap on June 05, 2019 in Thoreau, New Mexico.
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A more accurate measure of poverty?

by Amy Scott
Sep 15, 2015
A look behind the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure.
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Poor children, a new majority in public schools

by Amy Scott
Jan 16, 2015
More than half of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, report says.
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Comcast expands low-income internet program

by Molly Wood
Aug 5, 2014
Looking at the motivations behind Comcast's eased eligibility requirements.
A Comcast contractor repair pickup. The cable company has been expanding eleigibility for its low-income internet program, which critics allege is mainly to curry the favor of regulators for its merger with Time Warner Cable. 
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