#lowincomefamilies — Public Fediverse posts
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Child-care affordability is coming at the expense of equity — and it’s time governments acted
#Canada #ChildCare #EarlyLearning #Inequality #CWELCC #SocialJustice #LowIncomeFamilies #PublicPolicy #Equity #AffordableChildCare #Ontario #Poverty
https://the-14.com/child-care-affordability-is-coming-at-the-expense-of-equity-and-its-time-governments-acted/ -
"These questions are still on the table, even after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily halted a radical plan that President Trump announced Tuesday to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, even though the money has already been appropriated by Congress."
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
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"Will low-income families be able to keep the heat on? Will seniors have access to another meal on wheels? Will Medicaid continue? Will low-income children get breakfasts or lunches at school? Will children be able to go to Head Start?"
~ Amy Goodman
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
/9https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze
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Harris County officials approve new version of Uplift Harris program
#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #GuaranteedIncome #LowIncomeFamilies #UpliftHarris
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Harris County officials approve new version of Uplift Harris program
#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #GuaranteedIncome #LowIncomeFamilies #UpliftHarris
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Harris County officials approve new version of Uplift Harris program
#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #GuaranteedIncome #LowIncomeFamilies #UpliftHarris
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Harris County officials approve new version of Uplift Harris program
#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #GuaranteedIncome #LowIncomeFamilies #UpliftHarris
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Harris County officials approve new version of Uplift Harris program
#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #GuaranteedIncome #LowIncomeFamilies #UpliftHarris
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Under Trump, IRS Targeted Low-Income Families at Higher Rate Than Millionaires for First Time
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-irs-audits
#IRS #LowIncomeFamilies #Millionaires #TaxAudits #TrumpAdministration #WealthInequality #Politics #News
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The #poverty rate for #children during the final month of expanded #ChildTaxCredit payments under #Biden’s #AmericanRescuePlan Act was 12.1%, the center reported. The month after it expired, the child poverty rate jumped to 17%. It stood at 17.8% in November, the last month for which data is available.
…Disputes among #HouseRepublicans on Tues threatened to derail the legislation.
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…The #ChildTaxCredit expansion would ensure that more of the poorest #families — who traditionally can’t claim the credit because they don’t owe any #IncomeTax — would qualify for at least some assistance. It would allow the lowest-income families to claim the credit for each #child; the current credit allows those at the lowest end of the #income spectrum only to receive payments for one child.
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It would also bolster certain #business tax credits — including deductions for R&D, interest expenses & investments in equipment — that were limited in an effort to cap the total costs of Trump’s 2017 tax cut law.
But in the #Senate … #Republicans can block the bill w/a #filibuster…. -
#House votes to expand #ChildTaxCredit, beef up #CorporateTaxBreaks
The bill passed the House by a vote of 357 to 70. It would expand eligibility for the #child #tax credit among the lowest-income #families & adjust payments for #inflation for the 2024 & 2025 filing years.
#law #taxes #LowIncomeFamilies #ChildPoverty #poverty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/31/child-tax-credit-vote-congress/ -
#Ypsilanti city council unanimously votes to help #lowincomefamilies reduce #propertytaxes. The poverty exemption from the city was raised from $12,880 to $24,750. Mayor Pro-Tem Steve Wilcoxen says a sliding scale was added where someone’s property taxes can be reduced by 25, 50 or 100% based on their income and assets.