Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit as a Response to the COVID-19 Crisis May 8, 2020 MDRC. May 2020. Cynthia Miller, an economist and senior fellow at MDRC, outlined why the EITC would be an effective piece of an... Read More
We need to shore up families for emergencies and a return to work May 8, 2020 The Washington Post. May 2020. Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockef... Read More
An evidence-based response to rising child poverty — reform and expand the Child Tax Credit May 8, 2020 The Hill. May 2020. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), an... Read More
A Better Way To Get Money To Low-Income Americans Through The Tax Code April 8, 2020 Forbes. April 2020. Marie Sapirie, contributing editor at Tax Notes, highlighted why the EITC and its existing structure would ... Read More
About Half of Lower-Income Americans Report Household Job or Wage Loss Due to COVID-19 April 8, 2020 Pew Research Center. April 2020. A new survey from Pew Research Center found that 43 percent of American households reported lo... Read More
Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: Filling Gaps in Federal Cash Support for Individuals and Families April 8, 2020 Medium. April 2020. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center highlighted ways the state legislature can help to fill gaps in ... Read More
These Americans were left out of the stimulus package and still need help to weather the coronavirus pandemic April 8, 2020 Market Watch. April 2020. Sukhi Samra, director of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, and Stockton mayor Michael ... Read More
Centering Black Mamas: The Right to Live and Thrive April 8, 2020 Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. April 2020. Gia Jones, advocate and writer, and Ife Floyd, senior policy analyst at the C... Read More
A Gloomy Prediction on How Much Poverty Could Rise April 8, 2020 The New York Times. April 2020. New research from Columbia University found that the rising unemployment rate could lead to the... Read More
Tackle inequality, coronavirus with tax credits for working families April 8, 2020 North Jersey News. April 2020. The New Jersey Policy Perspective urged the state legislature to consider expanding the value of... Read More
