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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

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 15, 2023. Photo by Kevin Wurm/REUTERS
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

Ghenya Grondin lives with long Covid in Waltham
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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

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on Capitol Hill
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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

U.S. Social Security card designs over the past several decades. Photo by REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang
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

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jan 09

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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…

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