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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gettyimages-1358862218_wide-557b60853d961e1892b998c1375a0d37ede6b919-scaled.jpg25601440January is the first month since July 2021 that more than 36 million families in the U.S. did not receive money from the expanded child tax credit program. For some, the consequences are already dire.