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NationofChange ‘Just give people money’: Study finds Covid survival checks reduced food insecurity, alleviated anxiety “It turns out, relieving a lot of everyday hardship can be done very simply and directly by giving poor people money and support. Who knew?” A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan found that the direct payments Congress approved last December and this past March—totaling $2,000 per eligible individual—helped significantly reduce food shortages in households with children, lessen financial instability, and alleviate s...

Credit steve carmody / Michigan Radio The push is on to get Michigan parents with children under 17 years old to file their federal tax forms to qualify for an expanded child tax credit. The credit will include children who turn 17 in 2021. As part of federal COVID-19 economic relief, a child tax credit will provide families with a monthly payment up to $300 per child starting in July, running through December. Flint mother LaDel Lewis says the money will help. “I’ll tell ya it was definitely motivating to me to know that families like myself will be able to receive extra income for thing...

View Comments Starting this summer, many American families are expected to get a financial boost in the form of direct monthly payments to support the cost of raising children.  As part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed in March, Congress expanded the child tax credit so eligible families can receive $3,600 for children under 6 years of age and $3,000 for those between the ages of 6 and 17. Researchers have said measures in the latest relief package could cut child poverty in half.  "What we're talking about here is a potentially transformational policy that's going to put the...

Starting this summer, many American families are expected to get a financial boost in the form of direct monthly payments to support the cost of raising children.  As part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed in March, Congress expanded the child tax credit so eligible families can receive $3,600 for children under 6 years of age and $3,000 for those between the ages of 6 and 17. Researchers have said measures in the latest relief package could cut child poverty in half.  "What we're talking about here is a potentially transformational policy that's going to put the single bigges...

Taking on Child Poverty Good morning. Britain cut child poverty in half. Is the U.S. about to do so? Image Volunteers distributed food in Warren, Mich., last week.Credit...Elaine Cromie for The New York Times Twenty-two years ago, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced an ambitious plan to fight child poverty in Britain. At the time, more than 25 percent of British children lived in poverty. At the heart of the campaign were government payments to families with children. The rationale was similar to that of benefit programs for older adults, like Social Security: Society has an interest in suppo...