1.0WAMUhttps://wamu.orgWAMUhttps://wamu.orgThe child tax credit was a lifeline. Now some families are falling back into povertyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uckfl5B5PT"><a href="https://wamu.org/story/22/04/08/the-child-tax-credit-was-a-lifeline-now-some-families-are-falling-back-into-poverty/">The child tax credit was a lifeline. Now some families are falling back into poverty</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wamu.org/story/22/04/08/the-child-tax-credit-was-a-lifeline-now-some-families-are-falling-back-into-poverty/embed/#?secret=uckfl5B5PT" width="600" height="338" title="“The child tax credit was a lifeline. Now some families are falling back into poverty” — WAMU" data-secret="uckfl5B5PT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-153438643_wide-d39690b79451b78e8d399a678c2b3899b09c480f-scaled.jpg25601440Payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty. But Congress failed to renew it. Now families who need it most have already slipped back into financial trouble.