John – we’ve got BIG news: Democrats and Republicans have come together to propose a temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit.
This rare act of bipartisanship could create a monumental step towards reducing child poverty. Experts say it could lift as many as 400,000 children above the poverty line and make an additional 3 million children better off this year.
We need to tell Congress ASAP to get this across the finish line before the end of January so families can start accessing the tax credit THIS tax season!
Domestic workers are so often the primary income earners in their families with an average wage of just $13 or $14 an hour. But, that can be too *low* to qualify for the child tax credit.
Right now, the Child Tax Credit provides higher benefits to families earning $400,000 per year than to families earning $15,000. It’s like being punished for being poor!
It’s an exclusion that’s resulting in roughly 16 million children, including 3 million under the age of three, missing out on the full benefits of the credit because their family income is too *low* — but if this new bill passes, that exclusion goes away.
This new version of the expanded Child Tax Credit is not perfect ― still leaving out families with no earnings ― but it is our best opportunity to address child poverty and provide more support to children in low-income families.
Thanks for standing up for care!
The NDWA Advocacy Team
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