The True Cost of Caregiving June 8, 2020 Aspen Institute. June 2020. The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program released a new report that outlines how the child ca... Read More
HEROES Act Would Expand The EITC For Childless Workers And Help Fight Recession June 8, 2020 Forbes. June 2020. Elaine Maag, principal research associate at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, analyzed how the propose... Read More
How Partisan Gerrymandering Hurts Kids May 8, 2020 Center for American Progress. May 2020. A new report from the Center for American Progress outlined the real-world impact of ge... Read More
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
Temporarily Expanding Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Would Deliver Effective Stimulus, Help Avert Poverty Spike May 8, 2020 The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. May 2020. CBPP outlined specific expansions the federal government should make to t... 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
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
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