"Expanding the child tax credit is the single most effective option on the table for reducing child poverty in America," said Christy Gleason of Save the Children.
"Just three years ago, child poverty rates fell significantly when President Joe Biden's administration raised the child tax credit and made even the poorest families eligible. But the expansion only lasted a year."
"Democrats seek a massive and costly expansion of the social safety net. Vice President Kamala Harris has pitched a major increase to the child tax credit as part of her presidential campaign."
"For all its economic prosperity, childhood poverty remains pervasive in the United States. Children under 5 are the age group most likely to encounter poverty and eviction... More than one in six young people under 18 live below the federal poverty line."
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