During NACo’s regional meeting this week, Northeastern leaders discussed the potential role for counties in promoting poverty reduction – mainly in promoting more residents to file a tax return to become fully eligible for the new refundable tax credit.

• How the American Rescue Plan Will Cut Child Poverty in Half in 2021 – Rachel Mackey  rmackey@naco.org
  • Learn more about the county role in child poverty reduction:
    • NACo testimony before Ways and Means committee
    • Counties for kids
    • Human Services and Education policy briefs
    • Child Poverty Reduction Act
      

  

• Find NACo’s full analysis of the American Rescue Plan Act here and an interactive tool breaking down funding streams here
• The most important ARP provision for reducing child poverty is the expanded Child Tax Credit
  • View this NACo webinar outlining communication and outreach strategies for county leaders to ensure vulnerable families file for the credit
  • NACo is tracking COVID-19 funding and flexibilities for human services and education with a regularly updated toolkit
  • Families must file a 2020 tax return to receive the expanded credit this year

Ms. Mackey’s presentation, Child Poverty ARP_NE Region, is available on MACo’s website.