The Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York want the state to boost the ...

Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt is pushing Republicans to strengthen child care benefits in the party’s tax legislation expected later this year. The proposal Britt introduced is […] ...

A group of at least nine Senate Republicans helped to kill a bill Tuesday that sought to put more public dollars toward ...

It costs Ohio families more to send a kid to child care than to a four-year state school, according to the Economic Policy ...

A lot of us had those clubs and hobbies that truly changed our lives. For one girl, a theatre group in middle Tennessee has helped her reach some of the world's most famous stages.

Some parents now have an April 15 deadline to score the money before it is sent back to the Treasury for good.

A tax credit directly reduces a person’s actual tax liability, or tax bill. Unlike deductions (which reduce income before ...

The IRS says some Americans who have not filed their 2021 tax returns could be eligible for a pandemic-era relief payment, as ...

If an Indiana or Ohio bill passes, it would mark the first time a GOP-led state implemented a refundable child tax credit.

Providing parents with tax credits has mostly been a Democratic priority but the idea has gained traction in Ohio, Indiana and other Republican-led states.

N.C. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein made the first budget proposal of his term, asking lawmakers to freeze some tax cuts and add ...

The child tax credit, established in 1997, provides families with a refundable credit of up to $2,000 per child to help offset the costs of raising children. For two children - about the average for ...