Child tax credit

Despite wage gains, lower-income families have been hit hard by inflation and the expiration of pandemic-era benefits.

Relatively unknown on the national stage, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has helped push through policies like universal free meals at school and a statewide child tax credit.

The economic life of a child at home has a direct relationship to how things go at school, per the Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The temporary 2021 expanded child tax credit helped millions out of poverty. A new bill will enhance the tax credit, although experts say it will have trouble passing in Congress.

A new report warns that the looming withdrawal of pandemic-era aid for childcare could hurt children and families.

Pandemic tax credits have dried up, like the temporary expansion of the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit.

The supplemental poverty rate fell to its lowest since 2009. Children living in poverty fell by almost half.

There are a lot of benefits to making school lunch and other social benefits more universal. But, yes, it's expensive to do.

It's been especially important to low-income families and families of color.

Early studies find that the enhanced credit reduced childhood poverty and food insufficiency.