The expanded Child Tax Credit has been a game-changer for many families this year and nowhere more than in the economically-challenged state of Mississippi.
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Video: Positioning This Great Pause as a Critical Pivot Toward More Equitable Funding Practices
Black nonprofit and philanthropic leaders reflect on the extraordinary burden of the COVID-19 crisis on BIPOC communities and leaders of color and the great opportunity it offers philanthropy to pursue more equitable funding practices that prioritize more proximate leaders and solutions.
$1,200 Is a Start. But Americans Need Regular Direct Cash Payments | Opinion
Government programs proposed as an emergency response, like unemployment insurance, SNAP and Medicaid, are also essential to helping families in need. But they’re not enough.
Give poor people a guaranteed income and let them spend it however they please
Guaranteed income, a form of universal basic income, can boost people out of poverty. It may also become essential during the coronavirus pandemic.