The Child Tax Credit is one of the most effective ways to reduce child poverty in the United States. At a time when rising costs are leaving families struggling to make ends meet, expanding the child tax credit will make a big difference in the lives of those who need it most. During the height of the pandemic, the child tax credit significantly reduced poverty and hunger. Unfortunately, the expansion of benefits under the child tax credit ended in 2021. Since then, child poverty and hunger have increased drastically.  

The Senate can vote to change this by passing the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. A vote on the legislation is scheduled for THIS Thursday.

If passed, this legislation could lift as many as 400,000 children above the poverty line. It would provide relief for more than 80 percent of the roughly 19 million children under age 17 in families with low incomes who don’t now get the full credit — about 16 million children in the first year alone. This expansion includes nearly three million children under age 3.  

Please contact your Senators today and urge them to support the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024.