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What the Looming Child Tax Credit Expiration Means for Your Family

A graphic primer on the child tax credit — and why Congress is talking about it

By Rebecca Gale & Dianne Kirsch | April 10, 2025

By Rebecca Gale & Dianne Kirsch

April 10, 2025

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Rebecca Gale is a writer with the Better Life Lab at New America where she covers child care, and is also the author of It Doesn’t Have to Be This Hard, a newsletter on caregiving writing and reporting.

Dianne Kirsch is graphic designer, specializing in brand identity, art direction, print collateral, books, annual reports and website design.

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                <h1>What the Looming Child Tax Credit Expiration Means for Your Family</h1>

                <h2>A graphic primer on the child tax credit — and why Congress is talking about it</h2>

                <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="http://the74million-dev.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/contributor/rebecca-gale/">Rebecca Gale</a> & <a rel="author" href="http://the74million-dev.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/contributor/dianne-kirsch/">Dianne  Kirsch</a></p>

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                <p>This story first appeared at <a href="https://www.the74million.org">The 74</a>, a nonprofit news site covering education. <a href="https://www.the74million.org/about/newsletters/?utm_source=republish-button&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=republish">Sign up for free newsletters from The 74</a> to get more like this in your inbox.</p>
                
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