Featured Commentary: One Anti-Poverty Initiative Both Sides Can Agree On
This 50-state policy tracker from the National Center for Children in Poverty makes it easy to compare state policies across six important work supports: (1) child care subsidies, (2) minimum wage, (3) family and medical leave, (4) income tax policy, (5) the EITC, and (6) the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.
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Lawmakers in Oregon passed tax credit legislation that merged their Child Care Credit and Dependent Care Credit into the Working Family Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. Democrats had hoped to expand the state’s EITC, but that measure was not included in the final legislation.
Rhode Island EITC Increases to 12.5%
Moments ago, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law a budget that increases the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) from 10 to 12.5 percent of the federal credit – a first step in restoring recent cuts made to the size of the state’s EITC.