On Thursday, December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (also known as the “omnibus bill[i]”). The appropriation for fiscal year (FY) 2023 included more than $8 billion in total annual discretionary funds for the Child Care and Development…
Expanding EITC for Young Adults The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) temporarily expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility for the 2021 tax year to young workers (19-24) who don’t have dependent children and increased the maximum credit from $542 to $1,502. This EITC expansion…
Providing Income to Unemployed Workers Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance—enacted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—helped people unable to work due to the pandemic. This included self-employed workers, those seeking part-time employment, or people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for regular unemployment benefits.…
Expanding the Child Tax Credit In 2021, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) lifted 1 million children under 6 and nearly 2 million children between 6 and 17 out of poverty, when using the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The expanded CTC, which disproportionately benefitted Black and Hispanic…
The 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansions demonstrated that monthly cash payments provided with little administrative burden effectively reduce child poverty and food insecurity.
By Lorena Roque As corporate profits reach an all-time high, corporations are looking to cut labor costs at the expense of workers’ rights. The Worker Flexibility and Choice Act(HR 8442) is being marketed as a way for employers to encourage “flexibility” and “economic opportunity” for…
This brief recommends actions that federal, state, and local policymakers and administrators can take to ensure these programs better meet the needs of disabled people at a time when the disabled population is skyrocketing.
This fact sheet summarizes some of the pervasive tactics employers use to deter union organizing or to delay workers reaching a first contract; and examines how provisions in the PRO Act can strengthen labor law and provide greater protections for workers.
We proudly partnered with the The Children’s Partnership and the California Protecting Immigrant Families (CA-PIF) campaign to release a new fact sheet spotlighting the health of children in immigrant families in California. Children in immigrant families in California are a racially and ethnically diverse population…
By Alycia Hardy On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, which included $6.2 billion in annual discretionary funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The annual appropriations process is an important opportunity for federal policymakers to…