[ [link removed] ]Katie Porter for Congress

John,

About one month ago, the first payments of the child tax credit went out
to millions of families. For the first time in U.S. history, families with
kids are getting monthly payments to help cover the costs of raising a
child—which is an investment that’ll make our country and economy
stronger.

And now that the first round of payments is out, the research is clear:
Families with kids are using pandemic relief to buy more food.

Before the first round of tax credit payments hit bank accounts in
mid-July, about 11% of households with children reported that they
sometimes or often did not have enough to eat in the past week.

After the payments were distributed, the rate dropped to just over 8%.
This is a decrease of nearly 24%, which is the lowest rate recorded since
the beginning of the pandemic. ^[ [link removed] ]

No doubt about it: The child tax credit is cutting child poverty while
making it easier for families to put food on the table—which will make our
economy stronger for years to come.

But if you’re a child in a single parent household, your parent is less
likely to get this critical tax credit. And in some cases, they may even
get a smaller amount than children who are living in families with two
parents.

As one of the only single moms in Congress, I’m proud to be in Washington
fighting for working families—including working families headed by single
parents—because all our children deserve the same amount of support from
their government.

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contribution will keep me in Congress to fight for important things like
striking the single parent penalty, and keep our campaign competitive as
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Thank you for all that you do,

Katie

 

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