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Public benefit programs such as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and refundable tax credits like the Child Tax Credit provide critical supports to help people meet their basic needs, but too often, individuals and families are unable to connect with and enroll in multiple programs for which they are eligible.
Ashley Burnside was quoted about how it's not too late for families to sign up for the monthly child tax credit payments.
Elizabeth Lower-Basch was quoted about how "people’s image of public benefits is driven by stereotypes.”
Access to food, cash assistance, health care, and housing are pathways to economic justice that everyone deserves—no matter their citizenship status. However, federal restrictions enacted 25 years ago interfere with the ability of immigrants to secure critical benefits with significant consequences to their and their families’ wellbeing.
By Elizabeth Lower-Basch and Jessi Russell
"Receiving a Child Tax Credit will not affect a person’s immigration status, according to The Center for Law and Social Policy."
CLASP was referenced about the effect of Child Tax Credit on other government programs.
By CLASP, the Community Partnership Group (CPG), and New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) Changemakers
By Renato Rocha and Elizabeth Lower-Basch