Taxes and Budget Mainers urge for permanently expanding child tax credit MECEP policy analyst Arthur Phillips is featured in video coverage of the December 5th rally in support of the expanded Child Tax Credit. Click here to read […] Fox 23 Posted December 5, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal
Taxes and Budget Advocates call for the permanent expansion of the child tax credit in Maine As lawmakers negotiate an end of the year tax package, Arthur Philips, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, says they should reinstate the […] Maine Public Posted December 5, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal
Taxes and Budget Advocates call for permanent expansion of child tax credit in Maine In addition to advocates like Shire and Carter, Monday’s event also featured leaders with the Maine People’s Alliance and the Maine Center for Economic Policy in support […] NewsCenter Maine Posted December 5, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal
Taxes and Budget Expanded child tax credit should be a priority for Congress When the expanded credit expired at the start of this year, the child poverty rate rose quickly and significantly. In Maine, about four out of five kids […] Bangor Daily News Posted November 27, 2022 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal, Food Insecurity, Poverty
Taxes and Budget Mainers urge Congress to expand Child Tax Credit during lame duck session “Rising costs have coincided with rising profits for corporations, while families with low incomes struggle to keep up,” said Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic […] Beacon Posted November 18, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Food Insecurity
Taxes and Budget Congress must expand the Child Tax Credit, or risk 49,000 Maine children being pushed into poverty or greater hardship Congress has a real chance in the Lame Duck session to prevent greater hardship for the 49,000 Maine children who lost out after a recent expansion of […] Posted November 16, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Poverty
Health Care Census data: Health insurance coverage in Maine at record levels This week, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2021 poverty, income, and health data from its Current Population and American Community Surveys (CPS and ACS). Overall, the new national and state […] Posted September 15, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, EITC, Health Care, Medicaid
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Federal Reserve data shows improved financial wellbeing, particularly among parents, in 2021 The expanded Child Tax Credit, which put more money into parents’ pockets and dramatically reduced childhood poverty, expired at the end of last year Last month, the […] Arthur Phillips Posted June 14, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Federal, Food Insecurity
MECEP report shows the Child Tax Credit made a tangible difference for Maine families The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […] MECEP Posted May 13, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Incomes, Poverty
Taxes and Budget REPORT: How the Child Tax Credit was spent in Maine The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […] MECEP Posted May 13, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Poverty, Taxes