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USCCB Urges Senate to Pass Child Tax Credit
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is asking Catholics to contact their Senators to strongly urge them to pass a strengthened Child Tax Credit that prioritizes the poorest children, so its benefits can be targeted to those who need them most.
This week, the Senate will vote on a tax package that includes a strengthened Child Tax Credit (CTC). Every year, the CTC lifts millions of American families out of poverty and helps them live according to their dignity and with greater economic security. While the USCCB has long supported the CTC, the current credit must be improved because it excludes many of the poorest children.
Earlier this year, the House of Representatives acted with strong bipartisan support to pass a tax package that included a strengthened Child Tax Credit. Although this represented a compromise, the strengthened Child Tax Credit would take meaningful steps to support the well-being of families in need and is the best opportunity to improve the credit now, when it is urgently needed.
As the U.S. bishops stated in their pastoral document, Putting Children and Families First, “Those with the greatest need require the greatest response. This is the ‘option for the poor’ in action. While every family needs support, poor families and families facing discrimination carry the greatest burdens and require the most help. With limited resources, we need to focus assistance on those with the greatest needs.”
You can read the most recent USCCB letter advocating for an improved Child Tax Credit here and Archbishop Gudziak’s statement welcoming the bipartisan Child Tax Credit agreement here.
Please urge your Senators to advance an improved Child Tax Credit to help support families and lift children out of poverty. To contact your Senators, please click below:
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