What Parents Need To Know About The New Child Tax Credit

The expanded Child Tax Credit is projected to lift more than five million children out of poverty. Payments start going out Thursday.

By Stephanie Kim
What Parents Need To Know About The New Child Tax Credit
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, second from right, gets a thumbs up from a supporter after she held a press conference about the new Child Tax Credit Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. The U.S. government is starting to deposit child tax credit money into the accounts of more than 35 million families as part of coronavirus relief. Ashley Landis / AP Photo
What Parents Need To Know About The New Child Tax Credit
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, second from right, gets a thumbs up from a supporter after she held a press conference about the new Child Tax Credit Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. The U.S. government is starting to deposit child tax credit money into the accounts of more than 35 million families as part of coronavirus relief. Ashley Landis / AP Photo

What Parents Need To Know About The New Child Tax Credit

The expanded Child Tax Credit is projected to lift more than five million children out of poverty. Payments start going out Thursday.

By Stephanie Kim
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Starting Thursday, tens of millions of families will receive monthly payments of up to $300 per child as part of the newly expanded Child Tax Credit under President Biden’s American Rescue Plan.

Reset brings on experts to discuss what you need to know about the advance payments and opens the phones to listeners to hear about how the funds will help their families.

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