ATLANTA â The expanded federal child tax credit Congress passed this year is expected to lift nearly 700,000 Georgia children out of poverty, including about 470,000 black children, child advocacy leaders said Thursday.
As a result, the stateâs overall child poverty rate will be reduced from 13.6% to 5.9%, while the black child poverty rate will go from 21.8% to 11.4%, Kimberly Scott, executive director of Georgia WAND (Womenâs Action for New Directions), said during a news conference in Atlanta.
âThis is major tax relief for nearly all working families,â Scott said. âThe expanded child tax credit will serve as a lifeline for so many Georgians.â