PENNSYLVANIA — Pennsylvanians began receiving their monthly tax cut of up to $300 per child last week as part of the expanded Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan, and families across the commonwealth are beginning to breathe a sigh of relief. Thanks to President Biden and Democrats — and no thanks to Republicans in Congress who unanimously opposed this relief plan — this tax cut will provide additional relief of up to $1,600 per child to the families of 2,368,000 children in Pennsylvania, helping lift 140,000 children out of poverty. Millions of working- and middle-class families are feeling relief knowing they will have more money in their pockets for paying bills, purchasing school supplies for their kids, and saving for the future.
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ABC27: Despite republicans voting against it, child tax credit payments began
(WHTM) — Child tax credit payments began arriving this week in the bank accounts of Pennsylvania parents.
It’ll be a monthly benefit that can be used how parents see fit. Democrats are taking credit for that extra money because every single republican in congress voted against it.
American Independent: Pennsylvania mom says Biden’s COVID rescue plan brought ‘sigh of relief’ to her family
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan brought $1,400 relief checks and expanded Child Tax Credits to millions of Americans. For Toni Danchik and her family, it also brought “breath of fresh air” and “a sigh of relief.”
Danchik, a mom of two kids with special needs in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, believes that those two provisions made it possible for her son and daughter to have some sense of normalcy during the pandemic.
“My husband is a music teacher, but also a musician, so through the pandemic he lost part of his income. All the music stopped,” she recalled in a phone interview. “With the stimulus and this child care credit, it was perfect because it helped make up a lot of the income he had lost.”
Danchik’s daughter has Down syndrome, apraxia, and hip dysplasia. One thing that has helped the most is music therapy.
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Danchik’s daughter has Down syndrome, apraxia, and hip dysplasia. One thing that has helped the most is music therapy.
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