Should the Child Tax Credit Be Made Permanent? Ohio is Roiled in Debate
“’As rollout continues, the expanded Child Tax Credit has the potential to achieve even greater child poverty reduction. If all likely eligible children are covered, it has the potential to reduce monthly child poverty by up to 40 percent on its own; in combination with all COVID-related relief, it could contribute to a 52 percent reduction in monthly child poverty,’ the study wrote, adding that the first batch of payments reached in total fifty-nine million children, representing about 80 percent of all children in the United States.”