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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study. Advocates fear the lapse in payments could unravel what they say were landmark achievements in poverty reduction. 

In the month since Biden’s expanded child tax credit payments ended, the number of children living in poverty in the United States jumped by an estimated 3.7 million. The end of monthly payments and high inflation rates are contributing to the rise, say analysts.

The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study.

The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study

Does the expanded child tax credit reduce poverty?

Nearly 60% of parents said that since child tax credit checks stopped, they haven’t been able to afford enough food, according to a recent survey.

Nearly 60% of parents said that since child tax credit checks stopped, they haven’t been able to afford enough food, according to a recent survey.

A new analysis of Census Pulse Survey data from the Social Policy Institute (SPI) at Washington University in St. Louis appears to counter one of Sen. Joe Manchin’s claims.

The future of the child tax credit hangs in the balance as Democrats struggle to implement Biden’s domestic agenda.

Sen. Joe Manchin said he would not support Biden's $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill, which included a renewal of the now-expired monthly payments.