The poverty rate in the United States increased last year, the first increase in 13 years, according to the Census Bureau.
The poverty rate among children saw a sizeable increase, more than doubling from 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% last year, census data shows.
Homeless people rest in the shade in Houston during excessive heat warnings for southeastern Texas on July 16, 2023.The child tax credit expansion, which went into effect in July 2021 as part of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, provided parents between $250 to $300 a month, per child.
"The rise reported today in child poverty is no accident--it is the result of a deliberate policy choice congressional Republicans made to block help for families with children while advancing massive tax cuts for the wealthiest and largest corporations,""No child should grow up in poverty, and I will continue to fight to restore the expanded Child Tax Credit to give tens of millions of families the tax relief and breathing room they deserve.
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