Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, carries his daughter, Maribel, on the campaign trail in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Vance and his wife, Usha, also have a young son, Vivek. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption
child tax credit child tax credit
Stories About
child tax credit
Joseph Yusuf plays basketball with his daughter, Jakayla Morton, 11, in Alexandria, Va., on March 29. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
Parents are struggling with high prices this year. It may shape how they vote
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., leaves the Senate chamber in May. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
This Republican senator wants an expanded child tax credit — with work requirements
A swing sits empty on a playground outside in Providence, R.I. Experts say the end of the expanded child tax credit was a key factor in the big rise in child poverty. David Goldman/AP hide caption
Child poverty more than doubles — a year after hitting record low, Census data shows
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., talks to the infant child of Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., inside the House chamber during votes for the next speaker of the House on the first day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters hide caption
Masked cafeteria workers serve food. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
Local residents, Cara Baldari and her nine-month-old daughter Evie (L) and Sarah Orrin-Vipond and her eight-month-old son Otto (R), join a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol December 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The monthly Child Tax Credit payments expired at the end of last year after Congress failed to renew it. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Children draw on top of a canceled check prop during a rally in favor of the child tax credit in front of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Laura Sifuentes lives in Rosedale, Miss. The government's Child Tax Credit, a monthly payment for many American parents with kids, helped her financially when she had to give up her job to care of her kids, nieces and nephews during the pandemic. Stephan Bisaha/Gulf States Newsroom/Stephan Bisaha/Gulf States Newsroom hide caption
Why many Americans continue to struggle despite trillions of dollars in pandemic aid
The continuation of the child tax credit payments had depended on Congress passing the Build Back Better legislation before Friday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves his office after speaking with President Biden about his long-stalled domestic agenda, at the Capitol on Monday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
A child tax credit poster is displayed during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on July 15. Early data shows that after the child tax credit payments went out this summer, the number of households with children who experience food insufficiency dropped. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Children and teachers from the KU Kids Deanwood Child Care Center complete a mural in celebration of the launch of the child tax credit on July 14 in Washington, D.C. Tens of millions of parents have received their first monthly child tax credit payment, but it might make sense to opt out of the rest of the payments and wait until next year to claim the credit in full. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Change hide caption
Officials remind parents that it will not attempt to gather personal or financial information via email, text or through threatening phone calls. J. David Ake/AP hide caption
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, pictured on Capitol Hill last month, called for a permanent expansion of the child tax credit during an interview with NPR on Thursday. Greg Nash/Pool photo/Getty Images hide caption
Families Are Receiving A Child Tax Credit. Janet Yellen Says It Should Be Permanent
Children and teachers from the KU Kids Deanwood child care center in Washington, D.C., complete a mural in celebration of the launch of the child tax credit. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Change hide caption
Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos came under fire after a ProPublica investigation showed that he received $4,000 in child tax credits in recent years. Bezos is seen here in 2018. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
The advance child tax credit program is part of the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion economic aid package called the American Rescue Plan that was passed in March. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
President Biden signs the American Rescue Plan in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. Included in the plan is a monthly allowance for many American families that could be a potential financial-life-changer. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
How Biden's Plan Could Help Reshape The Finances Of American Families
The White House says President Biden's COVID-19 economic rescue plan, including an expanded child tax credit, would help cut child poverty in half. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Biden Plan To Expand Child Tax Credit Could Help Lift Millions Of Kids Out Of Poverty
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, shown in July, had threatened a "no" vote on the bill because he wanted a more generous child tax credit for working families. He said Friday he will vote for the measure. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Kelly Craft hide caption
