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U.S. Census Data Shows Child Tax Credit Promotes Work, Entrepreneurship (Links to an external site)

December 8, 2021February 7, 2022

Yahoo references an SPI study whose findings show that the CTC has enabled low-income families to work.

Child Tax Credit is Driving Americans Toward Entrepreneurship, Has little Effect On Workforce (Links to an external site)

December 7, 2021February 7, 2022

SPI’s latest Child Tax Credit research, released in an exclusive with the Daily Caller, suggests that the expanded CTC payments have little to no impact on the workforce. This contradicts predictions that the payments would exacerbate the labor shortage. This article was syndicated by Shore News Network.

Nevada families have netted $750 million from child tax credit so far this year (Links to an external site)

November 30, 2021February 7, 2022

The Nevada Current cites a Social Policy Institute survey finding that payments from the expanded child tax credit were associated with a decrease in food insufficiency and is enabling parents to save for their children’s futures.  

Child tax credits brings Nevada families more than $600 million since July (Links to an external site)

November 2, 2021February 7, 2022

The Nevada Current shares recent SPI findings that the expanded child tax credit is helping parents save for their children’s future and is linked to a decrease in food insufficiencies.

The Child Tax Credit could be Biden’s bipartisan silver bullet (Links to an external site)

October 21, 2021February 7, 2022

Leah Hamilton, faculty affiliate at SPI, highlights the expanded child tax credit as a possible solution to helping families escape poverty in an article on Fortune.

Democrats are pushing for permanent monthly child tax credit payments. They might have to settle for a one-year extension. (Links to an external site)

October 21, 2021February 7, 2022

CBS News discussed SPI findings on how parents are spending their child tax credit in a conversation about the future of the expansion of the payments. 

Will The New Child Tax Credit Be Extended? Millions Of Families Anxiously Await Action (Links to an external site)

October 20, 2021February 7, 2022

Forbes shares statistics from an SPI national survey about how parents plan to use their child tax credit while discussing the future of the payments.

Main Street Alliance: Wisconsin small biz supports enhanced child tax credit (Links to an external site)

October 11, 2021February 7, 2022

WisBusiness interviewed Stephen Roll, research assistant professor at SPI, on the potential of the child tax credit expansion to bolster small businesses. 

How Families are Spending the Expanded Child Tax Credit (Links to an external site)

October 7, 2021February 7, 2022

Survey results from a report by the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis show that families are using the child tax credit to care for their children.  

Immigrant Parents Are Less Aware of Child Tax Credit Than US-Born Parents and More Likely to Plan to Use It to Invest in Education, Fill Gaps in Child Care and Health Care (Links to an external site)

October 7, 2021February 7, 2022

The Tax Policy Center recently shared research from Laura Brugger, data analyst II of SPI, and Elaine Maag, principal research associate at the Urban Institute, on how immigrant families have accessed and used the Child Tax Credit. 

Testimony: Joint Economic Committee Hearing on the Revenue Provisions of the Build Back Better Act (Links to an external site)

October 6, 2021February 7, 2022

SPI’s recent research was shared at a Joint Economic Committee hearing. The research discussed how households with incomes under $25,000 are among the least likely to know about the expansion of the Child Tax Credit. Read the Tax Foundation’s transcript.  

Child Tax Credit Payments Are Helping Families Cope With the Child Care Crisis (Links to an external site)

September 24, 2021February 8, 2022

Yahoo! Money shares new SPI data showing how families plan to use the expanded Child Tax Credit, suggesting that the expanded payments allow parents to return to work. 

94% Of Parents Say Child Tax Credit Payments Allow Them To Work More, Study Shows (Links to an external site)

September 23, 2021February 8, 2022

A collaborative study from the Social Policy Institute and Humanity Forward show that Child Tax Credit payments have allowed parents to work the same amount or more.  

The child tax credit encourages parents to work, study finds (Links to an external site)

September 23, 2021February 8, 2022

CNBC shares data from a team of researchers from SPI in collaboration with Appalachian State, UNC-Greensboro, the Urban Institute and Humanity Forward, which shows that the new enhanced Child Tax Credit may help parents continue working. 

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