A recent article (“For homeless parents, search for housing is long and traumatic,” The Herald, Feb. 20) is another reminder of just how important measures by the federal government are to help families with small kids.
As a country, we should be investing in our future, which are our kids. However, millions of Americans who work full-time jobs do not earn enough to keep a stable roof over their heads for their children. In 2021, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) kept more than 3 million children from poverty each month the payments went out. However, that extension expired on Dec. 31, 2021, and has yet to be renewed. Winter weather, rising inflation costs and covid-19 quarantines have put significant strains on already strained budgets.
If an extension to the CTC were to pass, Congress could help millions of children in our country access a safe, stable roof and adequate nutrition. Lifting millions of children and workers out of poverty creates immeasurable benefits for them and society as whole. It’s also the right thing to do. I call on all of Congress to pass an extension to the CTC.
Sarah M. Miller
University City, Mo.
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