CHILD TAX CREDIT
The expanded Child Tax Credit is an income floor for families. Let’s make it permanent.
Everyone should have the ability to provide for and care for their families. The newly expanded Child Tax Credit — monthly checks of up to $300 per child for most families with children — will help all families succeed, from working families struggling with basic needs like food, rent, and bills, to middle-class families that need help with childcare and college savings. This helps Main Street businesses and the whole community thrive.
But it will expire at the end of the year unless we make it permanent. Economic Security Project is leading public campaigning for the Child Tax Credit: to make it widely known and popular, to help ensure every eligible parent gets their credit, and to keep the monthly checks coming to support families.
Top Stories
POLLING
No more tax breaks for big corporations unless there’s support for families
By nearly six to one, voters agree Congress shouldn’t pass any more tax breaks for big corporations unless there’s support for families, too. 80% of voters support this stance while 14% are opposed. Agreement crosses demographic subgroups, including +81 net support among Democrats, +76 Independents, and +45 Republicans.
In The Field
Racial Justice And Civil Rights Organizations Call For Child Tax Credit Boost
With Economic Security Project Action, a coalition of 40 racial justice, civil rights, and economic justice advocacy organizations – spearheaded by the NAACP, The National Urban League, UnidosUS, The Leadership Conference, and Community Change Action – sent a co-signed letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, expressing their continued concern over the expiration of the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) program.
RESEARCH
ESP research shows striking increase in Americans who can’t afford a $400 emergency
Compared to new Fed data, the percentage who could not rely on cash to meet a $400 emergency expense was 32% in November and is 49% today.
RESEARCH
Data for Progress Analysis Reveals State-by-State Support for the Child Tax Credit
Use our interactive map tool to see what percentage of voters are highly supportive of the Child Tax Credit in a given state.
In The Field
55+ Orgs Sign Letter to Congress Urging Permanent and Fuller Inclusion of Kids in CTC
Led by Economic Security Project, Color of Change, Community Change, and Unidos, 55+ organizations join an open letter urging Congress to support a permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit in the budget reconciliation, including permanent full refundability and restoring eligibility for immigrant children with ITINs.
In The Field
Massive Week Of Action Planned To Raise Awareness Of New Child Tax Credit
Kicking off on Thursday, Economic Security Project Action and a coalition of organizations are leading a nationwide Week of Action to raise awareness about the new Child Tax Credit just as families will begin to receive their first monthly check.
In The Field
Child Tax Credit to help bring thousands of Ill. children out of poverty
Senator Dick Durbin stood with Congresswoman Robin Kelly and Marie Newman, as well as with families and advocates, at Pulaski Park Tuesday to remind parents that starting in mid-July, families will receive up to $300 per child each month through December as part of the Child Tax Credit.
In The Field
Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Will Ease Stresses On Oregon Families, Improve Children’s Lives, Parents And Educators Say
Child tax credits have the potential to cut child poverty in half, said Sen. Wyden, who advocated for the payments as chair of the Senate Finance Committee.
POLICY
Keeping the Monthly Child Tax Credit Coming, Limiting Risk of Overpayments
Monthly payments will be a critical lifeline, especially for families whose incomes bounce around from month to month. Congress should keep the credit fully refundable and keep monthly payments going past December and beyond. To reduce the risk of overpayment, IRS should keep the new CTC portals open permanently, and use information that taxpayers upload each year to the new online portals (or via tax returns) to ensure credit eligibility is as up-to-date as possible.