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Child Tax Credit

Biden: fully refundable, $3,600/child under 6, $3,000 for all other kids, covers 17-year-olds, cut child poverty by nearly half (left/purple)

Trump: $2,000/child, 18M left behind who do not qualify for full credit because parents make “too little” (right/green)

Right now, an expanded Child Tax Credit bill by Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) and passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority (357-70) in the House is being opposed by some in GOP Senate Republicans who wish to reimpose “baby and child penalties” to the CTC. firstfocus.org/resource/the-c… (1)

My latest blog on the need to sharpen our messaging to improve the awareness, attention, and focus on making policy change to improve the lives of children.

Commit to Kids: The Role of Deservingness in Shaping Advocacy open.substack.com/pub/brucelesle…

After years of promised reforms, advocates complain the city unfairly keeps monthly payments from the Social Security Administration.
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Politicians love to say “every life is precious,” but they value some babies at $2,000 in the Child Tax Credit and babies born in low-income households less than— even at nothing.

End “baby and child penalties.” H.R. 7024 is a STEP in that direction. open.substack.com/pub/brucelesle… (1)

How many horrific examples of institutional abuse against children and subsequent cover-ups do we need to document and witness in this country before violence against children is banned?

Commit to Kids: The Role of Deservingness in Shaping Advocacy - Bruce Lesley - Substack brucelesley.substack.com/p/commit-to-ki…

Cites Michael Bang Petersen FrameWorks Institute Dr. Rebecca Kreitzer Jason DeParle Lake Research Partners Frank Luntz Baldwin Van Gorp

Louisiana: Lunch Breaks in Question for Teen Workers deutsch29.wordpress.com/2024/04/21/lou…

Ex-FLDS parents searching for missing children believed to be hidden by church kutv.com/news/local/ex-…

How Senate Republicans (and Senator Joe Manchin) killed the child tax credit and made Tax Day 2024 worse for families - James Downie - MSNBC buff.ly/4cPRTj8

#ChildTaxCreditForUS

The message from (some) GOP senators: Suffer, little children - Catherine Rampell - Washington Post buff.ly/44gjFSh

#ChildTaxCreditForUS

Ex-youth center worker testifies that top bosses would never take kids' word over staff thestar.com/news/world/uni…

Foster children deprived of benefits: How a loophole affects the most vulnerable - CBS News cbsnews.com/news/foster-ch…

Louisa Jones I've worked with amazing professionals from all disciplines including social work. I've regularly remind audiences about how hard the work is and that specifically child protection (social) workers have one of the hardest jobs in our communities--protecting children from their…

Foster children deprived of benefits: How a loophole affects the most vulnerable - CBS News cbsnews.com/news/foster-ch…

The changes being pushed by a few senators to the Child Tax Credit seek the reimposition of “baby and child penalties” that punish families who have a baby. —> firstfocus.org/resource/the-c…

How can we prevent child abuse? Tougher rules for home-school families would help. - USA TODAY apple.news/AG7jUI7OEQBG6H…

In Jan, advocates flooded the House w/ messages demanding action on the #ChildTaxCredit . They heard us. They acted. Overwhelmingly passing a bipartisan deal, expanding the CTC to 16M kids, lifting 500,000 out of poverty.

Now we need the Senate to act: campaignforchildren.org/take-action/te…

Final Push to Save Expanded Child Tax Credit as Senate Hopes Dim - Linda Jacobson – The 74 buff.ly/4cxLJE3

Sad some members of Senate Republicans will kill the Child Tax Credit over desire to impose “child penalties” on families having babies. —> buff.ly/43tXmI7