Lansing, MI - Michigan’s Attoreny General has joined in the call for Congress to permanently extend the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC). The credit provides a proven and systemic solution that would lift millions of children out of poverty.
Dana Nessel joined 23 other AGs around the country in signing a letter that highlights how the CTC provides a solution addressing the wide range of harms and costs of childhood poverty on children, families, and state governments. The coalition is calling on Congress to offer a federal solution through a permanent, expanded, and fully refundable CTC.
A report by Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy estimated that the benefits from the American Rescue Plan-largely from the expanded CTC-would reduce child poverty rates in Michigan by 43.9%.