RELEASE: The Tax-Time Policy Solution States Can Use to Reduce Child Poverty
Washington, D.C. — A new CAP issue brief outlines a simple policy solution that would cut child poverty and offset some of the harmful effects of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law: allowing...
View ArticleLone parents aim for Supreme Court in challenge to two-child limit
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court on behalf of two lone mothers with children affected by the two-child limit. The move follows a Court of Appeal...
View ArticleAnti-Poverty Advocates Earn Victory for Low-Income Families Through Permanent...
Washington, D.C. – National nonprofits United Way and Prosperity Now are celebrating the permanent authorization of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program which provides low-income...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: Economic Mobility Act Would Be Transformative for Millions of...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means approved the Economic Mobility Act, which would boost important tax credits for low-income families, especially those with young...
View ArticleWorking lone parents 'face drastic and growing income shortfalls'
Working lone parents on reasonable pay cannot reach a minimum acceptable living standard – as defined by the public – even if they work full time, new research for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)...
View ArticleJRF responds to Trussell Trust report on Universal Credit
Today, the Trussell Trust has published its new #5WeeksTooLong: why we need to end the wait for Universal Credit report. This new research shows that in areas where Universal Credit has been rolled out...
View ArticleWe need bottom-up tax policy
Following the failed playbook of trickle-down economics, the tax package lavished massive tax cuts on the rich and corporations. Two years into the law, rather than seeing prosperity rain down, working...
View ArticlePresident Donald J. Trump Is Committed to Supporting Working Families
My administration will also continue to advocate for policies that support working families, including making child care more affordable and accessible.read more
View ArticleCall for government to tackle poverty epidemic among single parent families
Gingerbread is calling for urgent action to reduce poverty among single parent families through policies that improve living standards for the one in four UK families headed by single parents.read more
View ArticleThe Rockefeller Foundation Announces $65 Million Investment in Americas...
Aims to Widen the Pathway to Prosperity for More than 10 Million Low-Wage Workers and their Families; Launches New U.S. Initiative to Leverage Over $1 Billion in Private Capital by 2025.read more
View ArticleScaling Solutions for Workers
Better economic policy choices can ensure that all low-wage, adult workers in the United States can meet their basic needs and find a path to a better future.read more
View ArticleChurch of England calls on government to suspend the two-child limit
Around sixty thousand families forced to claim universal credit since mid-March because of COVID-19 will discover that they will not get the support their family needs because of the controversial...
View ArticleTwo in five children under the poverty line not eligible for free school meals
Prior to the pandemic, at least two in five school-age children – 1.3 million – who lived below the UK’s poverty line were not entitled to free school meals, new analysis from Child Poverty Action...
View ArticleJoe Bidens economic relief plan: U-M experts can comment
President-elect Joe Biden outlined his proposal for a legislative package to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including economic relief measures, in a public address Thursday. University of Michigan...
View ArticleNational Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference pledges EITC & CTC...
Mar. 4, 2021 SACRAMENTO — The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference has launched a public awareness campaign to share resources on how Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit...
View ArticleNew Tax Credit Would Make Rent Affordable for Half a Million American...
The newly enacted child tax credit has the potential to reduce the number of rent-burdened households with children by nearly 9%read more
View ArticleMore than 2.3 million additional Economic Impact Payments disbursed under the...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced today they have disbursed more than 2.3 million additional Economic Impact...
View ArticleMore than 1.8 million additional Economic Impact Payments disbursed under the...
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced they have disbursed more than 1.8 million additional Economic...
View ArticleMore than 2.2 million additional Economic Impact Payments disbursed under the...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced today they have disbursed more than 2.2 million additional Economic...
View ArticleDesigning a US Public Child Benefit That Respects Children and Families
Washington DC — The United States provides two major child benefits through the individual income tax system: the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Both systems force...
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