This program lifted millions of children out of poverty, it must continue!

TAKE ACTION: Families Need the Child Tax Credit

Did you hear that sigh of relief? Families across the country are getting their third Child Tax Credit (CTC) payment yesterday! Since July 15th, families across the country have been receiving up to $300/month per child because of the expanded Child Tax Credit. That’s some serious cash that has already done some serious good in helping our families make ends meet during this difficult time. How much good? It will cut child poverty in half!

Unfortunately, all the great improvements that have been made to the CTC will go away after a year unless Congress takes immediate action and makes it permanent.

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We need YOU to take action! SIGN OUR PETITION and tell the U.S. Senate to double down on the House plan and make sure low-income families will always have access to the Child Tax Credit!

Dear Member of Congress:

We applaud the U.S. House of Representatives’ plan to make permanent the fully refundable part of the Child Tax Credit so the program ensures all eligible low-income children have access to this critical support, and also to extend the increased size of the Child Tax Credit to 2025. We urge you to take the next step for women and families and pass the reconciliation package, including: paid family/medical leave, child care, home- and community-based services, and creating a path to citizenship for immigrants, who are essential to our care infrastructure, and of course, making permanent the full refundability of the Child Tax Credit.

One of the major strengths of these policies is how much they lift up families, our economy, and specifically women of color who are facing structural inequality. In fact, 3.4 million Latinas and 2 million Black women will directly benefit from the expansion of the Child Tax Credit. The improvements to the Child Tax Credit alone cut child poverty in half and studies already show that these payments are reducing hunger and poverty for American families

We need to keep that momentum going by permanently extending the refundable part of the CTC so all eligible low-income children receive it and extend the increased credit itself.

Please stand up for our families and Include the permanent refundability of the Child Tax Credit and the other key elements of a care economy like paid family/medical leave, child care, home- and community-based services, and creating a path to citizenship for immigrants, in any recovery or infrastructure package passed by Congress.

Sincerely,

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