Can monthly tax credit payments cut child poverty by half?
Ashraf Khalil
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The check won’t arrive until mid-July, but Katrina Peters already knows what she’ll do with her Child Tax Credit payments. The 20-year-old mother of three has applied to work as a driver with a food delivery app, and the extra cash is earmarked for repairing, registering and insuring her car.
“I just need to make sure it’s 100% and then I can start working and get an income,” Peters said, cradling her 3-week-old son, Armani. “That’s where it starts.”
Can monthly cash payments cut child poverty by nearly half?
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Child Tax Credit: Can monthly payments cut child poverty by nearly half?
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This May 4, 2021 image shows teacher Graciela Olague-Barrios working with two infants at Cuidando Los Ninos in Albuquerque, N.M. The charity provides housing, child care and financial counseling for mothers, all of whom will benefit from expanded Child Tax Credit payments that will start flowing in July to roughly 39 million households.AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The check won’t arrive until mid-July, but Katrina Peters already knows what she’ll do with her Child Tax Credit payments. The 20-year-old mother of three has applied to work as a driver with a food delivery app, and the extra cash is earmarked for repairing, registering and insuring her car.
How monthly cash payments from tax credits can cut poverty among U.S. children
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This May 4, 2021 image shows development director Ashley Martinez examining germinating seeds that were planted by students at Cuidando Los Ninos in Albuquerque, N.M. The charity provides housing, child care and financial counseling for mothers, all of whom will benefit from expanded Child Tax Credit payments that will start flowing in July to roughly 39 million households. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)AP
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By ASHRAF KHALIL, The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The check won’t arrive until mid-July, but Katrina Peters already knows what she’ll do with her child tax credit payments. The 20-year-old mother of three has applied to work as a driver with a food delivery app, and the extra cash is earmarked for repairing, registering and insuring her car.