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Families begin the new year without child tax credit payments

by Samantha Fields
Jan 14, 2022
The one-year program increased payments and expanded eligibility to the poorest families. Congress has not moved to extend those changes. 
Child tax credit payments, a temporary part of President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan, ended in December. Congress has not acted to renew the payments.
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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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Joe Manchin is calling for a work requirement for the child tax credit. Would that be effective?

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 20, 2021
The revamped CTC provides a monthly check to families — without requiring an income.
The new child tax credit is distributed to families on a monthly basis.
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Pressure mounts to require parents to work to get the child tax credit

by Amanda Peacher
Oct 6, 2021
Opponents fear that requirement could make the benefit inaccessible to the families who need it most.
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Some undocumented immigrants aren't getting their child tax credit payments

by Kai Ryssdal and Anais Amin
Sep 29, 2021
The people who most need the aid “have to jump the most hurdles to get it,” says Chabeli Carrazana, economy reporter at the 19th.
The overworked IRS is grappling with the disbursement of child tax credit payments, reporter Chabeli Carrazana says.
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Some low-income families may not be receiving child tax credit money

by Amanda Peacher
Sep 17, 2021
By one estimate, some 4 million children and their families may be missing out on the payments.
A student carries home free bagged meals as part of Stamford, Connecticut's COVID response in March 2020. Funds from the child tax credit may not be making it to low-income families, a new study shows.
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How have pandemic relief programs helped people facing financial insecurity?

by Amanda Peacher
Sep 14, 2021
Early data from Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy show child poverty dropped after the first child tax credit payment in July.
Democrats want to keep pandemic relief programs like the child tax credit going.
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Childhood hunger declines as tax credit payments arrive

by Amanda Peacher
Aug 26, 2021
Expanded child tax payments have helped families — especially Black and Latinx households — struggling with food insecurity.
A person collects a box of food at a food distribution bank in Los Angeles in August 2020. Recent Census data shows a decrease in hunger and poverty for households with kids, especially among Black and Latinx households.
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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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Glitches mark launch of child tax credit payments

by Amanda Peacher
Jul 26, 2021
Trying to opt out is a pain, some parents say.
The overworked IRS is grappling with the disbursement of child tax credit payments, reporter Chabeli Carrazana says.
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