The expanded CTC showed families that they were valued, and gave parents the opportunity to imagine a more secure future. But as Congress has failed to extend this vital program, families are once again left on their own.
, used their CTC checks to pay bills and invest in their children—buying groceries, signing their children up for extracurriculars, paying for utilities, and so much more.
The unrestricted cash benefit allowed families a degree of self-determination— empowering them to make decisions about how to spend the money to meet their family's changing needs. Amara, who lives with her husband and three children in , appreciated how she could use it to pay for child care one month and gas the next."Not having a restriction and being able to gauge what our family needed that month without worries was super beneficial," she explained.
Cindy, a mother of three in Mississippi who had difficulty accessing supports in the past, noted how she received the CTC automatically:"We didn't have to do anything. It just was deposited to my bank account. So that was awesome."
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