Health Feb 16 A new program ‘prescribes’ monthly payments for the first year of an infant’s life By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Politics Jan 31 House passes bipartisan bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses Prospects for the measure becoming law are still uncertain, but for a House that has struggled to get bills of consequence over the finish line and signed into law, the tax legislation could represent a rare breakthrough. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Nation Jan 18 Watch 4:21 What’s in the bill to expand the child tax credit and how it can help struggling families The federal child tax credit may soon be expanded as part of an effort by some lawmakers to ensure that more American families can access the benefit. If the proposal becomes law it would gradually increase the credit and allow… By Geoff Bennett, Shoshana Dubnow
Nation Dec 18 Watch 5:47 As Congress debates a child tax credit expansion, families struggle to get by Lawmakers and staffers are working through the weekend on Capitol Hill as they close out the Congressional term. Democrats are hoping the last-minute dealmaking will give them a final chance to secure an elusive policy goal: expanding the child tax… By Laura Barrón-López, Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens
Nation Oct 10 Social Security cost-of-living increase will help millions of kids and their caretakers Coupled with a decline in the Medicare Part B premium, the Social Security boost will put more money in the hands of the 70 million Americans who receive benefits, including the growing number of grandparents caring for their grandchildren. By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press
Mar 05 Watch 6:48 A new program is giving some New York moms $1,000 a month By Zachary Green New York City’s first guaranteed income program is providing up to $1,000 a month to some low-income mothers of newborns. The minds behind the program are hoping it will be beneficial for early childhood development. NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green reports… Continue watching
Feb 09 ‘I could live normally’: How child tax credit payments brought relief to these families By Laura Santhanam Congress failed to extend funding for the credit, and these families reflected on how the payments shaped their lives amid COVID-driven economic uncertainty and how they are getting by now. Continue reading
Feb 08 WATCH: Vice President Harris and Treasury Secretary Yellen say child tax credit money still available through tax returns By Josh Boak, Associated Press The Biden administration wants families with children to know that there is roughly $193 billion waiting for them — all they need to do is file their taxes to claim it. Continue reading
Jan 14 Expiration of child tax credits hits home By John Raby, Josh Boak, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 4:20 Monthly checks, child tax credits: What will help end poverty? By Zachary Green, Ivette Feliciano Several cities across America including Hudson, New York, Stockton, California, and Gary, Indiana have piloted monthly guaranteed income programs to help those in need. NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green speaks to Natalie Foster, Co-Chair of the Economic Security Project about cash… Continue watching