Why would we lift children out of poverty only to slam them back into it a few months later?
My family wasn't just surviving—we were on our way to thriving. That's exactly what a safety net is for. But now what's going to happen?
But I'm also remembering my own childhood—cold Missouri winters without boots, hats, or mittens. The grind of poverty was tough on my family, and that trauma pursued me into adulthood.We were nearly homeless when the pandemic struck. I'd tried to pull myself out of poverty so many times by then—I'd even just finished graduate school. But trying to enter the job market as Covid-19 shut down the economy proved difficult. There wasn't going to be enough money for rent.
With this help, I could look for work while homeschooling my daughter. I was even able to put a few dollars into a savings account for the first time in my life, which was a huge relief. My family wasn't just surviving—we were on our way to thriving.The credit expired last December because Republicans, plus Democrat Joe Manchin, have stalled efforts to extend this tax relief to working families.
But in the first month without payments, Columbia experts project that the monthly child poverty rate may rise from the current 12% to over 17%—the highest it’s been in over a year.
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