Tell Your Senators to Save the Child Tax Credit today!
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Dear Friend,

Did you hear that sigh of relief? Families across the country received
their third Child Tax Credit payment just yesterday!  Since July 15th,
families with children have been receiving up to $300/month per child
because of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC)! [ [link removed] ]

While this will help many families this year and could help lift as many
as 50% of families out of poverty this year (!!), all the great
improvements that have been made to the Child Tax Credit will disappear
after a year unless Congress takes immediate action to make these
improvements permanent.  

[1]***We need you to speak out NOW! Sign our letter calling on Congress to
make the improvements to the Child Tax Credit permanent for families,
including low-income families!

Here’s what’s going on: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, signed by
President Biden in March, most families are getting monthly payments to
help raise their kids in the form of the Child Tax Credit. How much money?
For every child under the age of 6 families should be receiving 
$300/month and for each child ages 6-17 should receive $250/month. Plus,
now those of us who made little or no income in the past year will still
be able to get the CTC! [ [link removed] ]  That’s some serious cash that has already
done some serious good in helping our families make ends meet during this
difficult time. And we’ve already seen in just a few months that these
checks are reducing hunger and poverty for families across the country.
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Here’s the catch: Building off President Biden’s Build Back Better plan,
the U.S. House of Representatives is moving forward a plan to extend the
expanded CTC to 2025 and ensure that low-income families will ALWAYS have
access to the benefit. 

Yes, you heard me, ALWAYS. 

It will be up to the U.S. Senate and [2]if they don’t take action soon,
all the great improvements to the Child Tax Credit will go away. We need
your help to speak out! Please use your voice and sign our letter calling
on the U.S. Senate to support the House’s plan and permanently ensure
low-income families benefit from the CTC. And while we are at it, let them
hear loud and clear that children and families need investments in the
full suite of programs that allow families to thrive: paid family and
medical leave, child care, home and community-based services, and a
pathway to citizenship.

[3]***Just click here to sign our letter to Congress.

Right now, we have an opportunity like no other! Leaders in Congress are
building upon President Biden’s American Families Plan and moving a
recovery package through Congress as we speak. Making the improvements to
the Child Tax Credit permanent so it is fully available for low-income
families is a big priority for families. We need your signature (and those
of your friends and family!) to apply the pressure needed to guarantee
your U.S. Senators support these important investments in the CTC and the
broader care economy like paid family and medical leave, child care, and
more!

Don’t forget to [ [link removed] ]sign our letter now and then forward this email to your
friends and family to make sure they sign as well.

- Hanna, Lauren, Kristin, Donna, and the whole
MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team

P.S. Do you have questions about the Child Tax Credit or are wondering how
to apply to get it (you can get it even if you don’t normally file taxes
or make little to no income!!)? Don’t worry…we have you covered. [ [link removed] ]Just
check out MomsRising’s one-stop shop for all things CTC:
[ [link removed] ]www.momsrising.org/ChildTaxCredit. [ [link removed] ]Please check out our Spanish CTC
page as well to learn more!

References:

[1] CNBC. “[ [link removed] ]Monthly Child Tax Credit payments begin July 15. Here’s what
parents need to know.”
[2] [ [link removed] ]MomsRising’s Child Tax Credit page
[3] Forbes. “[ [link removed] ]How Monthly Child Tax Payments are impacting Americans’
Finances.”


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