Brugger, L., Despard, M., Miller, S., & Roll, S. (2025). What jobs offer (and don’t offer) benefits to low-wage workers? Evidence from a nationally representative survey (CSD Research Brief No. 25-37). Washington University, Center for Social Development.
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Does Guaranteed Income Build Assets for Black Women? Evidence from the In Her Hands Program
Roll, S., Elliott, D., Smith, S., Quick, A., Brugger, L., Davis, S., & Hamilton, L. (2024). Does guaranteed income build assets for Black women? Evidence from the In Her Hands program (Conference Brief). University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion. https://doi.org/10.7302/24452
“It helped us more than I could have imagined”: How the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit Supported Families Raising Children with Disabilities
Summary The 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) provided temporary enhancements to the existing CTC for the tax years 2021 and 2022. Under the expanded credit, families with children under the age of 18 were eligible to receive a credit of up to $3,000 per child ($3,600 for children under the age of 6). In […]
Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments Supported Families Raising Children with Disabilities
Summary The 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) provided temporary enhancements to the existing CTC for the tax years 2021 and 2022. Under the expanded credit, families with children under the age of 18 were eligible to receive a credit of up to $3,000 per child ($3,600 for children under the age of 6). In […]
The impacts of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit on family employment, nutrition, and financial well-being
The 2021 temporary expansion of the child tax credit (CTC) was unprecedented in its reach, lifting 3.7 million children out of poverty as of December 2021. It provided families with up to $3,600 for every child in the household under the age of six and up to $3,000 for every child between the ages of […]
How are families in the U.S. using their Child Tax Credit payments? A 50 state analysis
The temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) is projected to cut American child poverty by more than half. The CTC expansion provides families with $3,600 for every child in the household under the age of six and $3,000 for every child between the ages of six and 17. The vast majority of U.S. […]