How could expanded tax credits reduce child poverty?
- Author
- The Brookings Institution
- Published
- Fri 16 Jul 2021
- Episode Link
- https://www.brookings.edu/thecurrent
As families with children start receiving the first of their monthly checks from the American Rescue Plan's expanded child tax credit, Robert Greenstein calls the benefit transformational in reaching the poorest children, and explains why it's critical the child tax credit and expanded earned income tax credit programs be made permanent to effectively reduce poverty.
Show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/3rdJK0H
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