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An expanded and inclusive Child Tax Credit would cut child poverty by 45%: a national and state-by-state analysis
This fact sheet analyses the poverty reduction potential of the proposed American Family Act (AFA). The AFA would make the full benefit available to families with the lowest incomes and increase the maximum Child Tax Credit available to families with eligible children.
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Forecasting poverty during a crisis
In 2020, we established a novel method of forecasting poverty using the Supplemental Poverty Measure framework with a goal of providing projections of poverty rates throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Our forecasting data provides a real-time poverty data tool for policymakers.