West Virginia MetroNews - Parents across West Virginia began noticing new money from the federal government in their bank accounts Thursday, part of the new expanded child tax credit program. Read the full article. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed by Congress earlier this year provides monthly payments to adults with children. Basically instead…
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WOWK13 - On Inside West Virginia Politics, Congress is returning to Washington on Monday, July 12, and Seth DiStefano, the Policy Outreach Director at the West Virginia Center of Budget and Policy, discusses why Congress should prioritize the American Families Plan. Watch the full segment. In July, families with children will begin to see checks as part…
Mountain State Spotlight, Beckley Register-Herald, Times West Virginian, West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Hunger in West Virginia — a complex problem tied to shuttered grocery stores, infrastructure issues and generational poverty — has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem is one that advocates say requires state-level policy and funding to supplement the nonprofits and…
WCHSTV - The expansion of the Child Tax Credit program will benefit hundreds of thousands of West Virginia families, with 94% of children eligible. Read the full article. More than 345,000 West Virginia families should expect tp see an extra check in their mailboxes or bank accounts on July 15 from the federal government. Earlier…
West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginia has one of the highest percentages among states of households where there was sometimes or often not enough to eat during a week of trying to get by. Read the full article. That’s according to the most recent U.S. Census’s Household Pulse Survey, which showed that 11.8 percent of West…
When the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the closing of public schools in March 2020, there was an immediate and robust community response to make sure that children who received their meals at school would still have enough to eat. As uplifting as the stories about volunteers and restaurants providing these food resources are, they also shone…
The American Jobs Plan, which Congress will consider this year, outlines a bold set of initiatives to invest in America’s infrastructure and renewable energy while ensuring there will be well-paying jobs for generations to come, including for West Virginia workers who have been displaced by the decline of coal. However, these investments will fail to…
346,000 West Virginia Children Eligible to Receive First Monthly Child Tax Credit Payment Next Month
For Immediate Release: June 21, 2021Contact: Kelly Allen or 304-612-4180 Charleston, WV - The White House declared today “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” to raise knowledge and awareness about the transformative improvements to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) approved as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The CTC provides much-needed relief to families, boosting opportunity and improving…
Mountain State Spotlight, Beckley Register-Herald - Shepherdstown Mayor Jim Auxer is proud to point out that, even throughout the pandemic’s worst months and the challenges they presented, his town managed to maintain its services and keep on all its government workers. Read the full article. Auxer estimates Shepherdstown lost a couple hundred thousand dollars in…
West Virginia MetroNews - More than 8,000 state residents receiving unemployment benefits under a pandemic-related program are in their last week of receiving those benefits. Read the full article. Gov. Jim Justice announced last month that the additional $300 weekly benefit would end on June 19. WorkForce West Virginia acting Commissioner Scott Adkins said Tuesday independent…