MLK's Atlanta neighborhood trying new way to fight poverty: direct cash payments
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The earned income credit applies to some who might not realize it. Those with no qualifying children can get up to $1,502 — nearly triple from 2020.
The earned income credit applies to some who might not realize it. Those with no qualifying children can get up to $1,502 – nearly triple from 2020.
Parents in Philadelphia, Pa., say they will miss the Child Tax Credit if it goes away — which it's set to do without congressional action. The program has helped ease the city's high poverty rates.
If the city is not counted correctly, Detroit stands to lose millions of population-based federal dollars over the next decade, experts say.