Resources

Outreach Materials

FLYER: Parents & Caregivers It’s Not Too Late to Claim Your Child Tax Credit! (brief)

May 2022

If you haven’t filed taxes this year to claim the Child Tax Credit (CTC), there’s still time! Most families are owed thousands of dollars from the CTC, even if they received advanced payments last year. Claim the money you are owed NOW by filing a simplified tax return in under 15 minutes.

PADRES/MADRES Y CUIDADORES ¡No Es Demasiado Tarde para Reclamar Su Crédito Tributario por Hija/o/s! (breve)

mayo 2022

Si aún no ha hecho la declaración de renta este año para reclamar el Crédito Tributario por Hijo/a/s (CTC en inglés), ¡todavía hay tiempo! A la mayoría de familias se les deben miles de dólares del CTC, aún si recibieron pagos por adelantado el año pasado. Reclame AHORA el dinero que le deben llenando una declaración de renta simplificada en menos de 15 minutos.

FLYER: Parents & Caregivers It’s Not Too Late to Claim Your Child Tax Credit! (detailed)

May 2022

If you haven’t filed taxes this year to claim the Child Tax Credit (CTC), there’s still time! Most families are owed thousands of dollars from the CTC, even if they received advanced payments last year. Claim the money you are owed NOW by filing a simplified tax return in under 15 minutes.

PADRES/MADRES Y CUIDADORES ¡No Es Demasiado Tarde para Reclamar Su Crédito Tributario por Hija/o/s! (detallado)

mayo 2022

Si aún no ha hecho la declaración de renta este año para reclamar el Crédito Tributario por Hijo/a/s (CTC en inglés), ¡todavía hay tiempo! A la mayoría de familias se les deben miles de dólares del CTC, aún si recibieron pagos por adelantado el año pasado. Reclame AHORA el dinero que le deben llenando una declaración de renta simplificada en menos de 15 minutos.

General Resources

Letter to Secretary Yellen and Commissioner Rettig

September 2022

Fifty members of the ABC Coalition call on Secretary Yellen and Commissioner Rettig to urge the Internal Revenue to send letters to parents and caregivers who received the advanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) between July and December 2021, but who have not yet filed to claim the second half of their payments.

Letter to President Biden and Members of Congress

April 2022

Fifty members of the ABC Coalition call on Congress to prioritize the needs of families and children being squeezed by inflation and extend the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC), including for immigrant children, as part of any economic or tax legislative package.

BRIEF: To Reach Every Child, the Child Tax Credit Eligibility Requirements Must Be Changed

June 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law in March, includes a significant, one-year expansion to the Child Tax Credit (CTC), which will help increase children’s access to a regular and meaningful cash benefit program beginning in July 2021. Millions of newly eligible children and their families will benefit from this major expansion and successful implementation is critical to effectively build income security, reduce child poverty, advance racial equity, and provide the baseline for a guaranteed income for all children.

FACT SHEET: The Build Back Better Act’s Child Tax Credit: How the bill gets us one step closer to a true child allowance

September 2021

In early September 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee approved their portion of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), which includes and extension of the American Rescue Plan Act’s Child Tax Credit (CTC) through 2025. While this proposal falls short of making the program permanent, the plan includes many substantial and important improvements to the CTC.

EXPLAINER: How the Ways & Means Proposal Ensures the Child Tax Credit Will Follow the Child and Supports Caregivers

September 2021

The expanded Child Tax Credit supports millions of children and families, including many children who live with grandparents and other caregivers. But some children and caregivers are excluded from the CTC and do not receive the support they need because of arcane rules in the tax code that limit the ability of the CTC to “follow the child” and respond to the reality of real families’ lives as they change from month to month. The Ways and Means draft of the Build Back Better Act includes important fixes that ensure all children and families can receive the support they need.

WEBINAR: Ensuring Families Receive the Child Tax Credit

July 2021

This webinar shared innovative outreach strategies to raise awareness about the child tax credit and how families can sign up.

Published Sign On Letters

September 23, 2022

Letter to Secretary Yellen and Commissioner Rettig

Fifty members of the ABC Coalition call on Secretary Yellen and Commissioner Rettig to urge the Internal Revenue to send letters to parents and caregivers who received the advanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) between July and December 2021, but who have not yet filed to claim the second half of their payments.

April 1, 2022

Letter to President Biden and Members of Congress

Fifty members of the ABC Coalition call on Congress to prioritize the needs of families and children being squeezed by inflation and extend the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC), including for immigrant children, as part of any economic or tax legislative package.

January 31, 2022

Letter to President Biden and Members of Congress

ABC Coalition, alongside more than 400 child and family well-being organizations, letter calling on President Biden and Members of Congress to enact the Build Back Better Act that includes a fully expanded and inclusive CTC as passed by the House.

November 19, 2021

Letter to Secretary Yellen, Assistant Secretary Batchelder, and Commissioner Rettig

ABC Coalition letter calling on Secretary Yellen, Assistant Secretary Batchelder, and Commissioner Rettig to allow families to file taxes using a simplified filing tool to receive the CTC starting in early 2022.

August 4, 2021

Letter to President Biden and Members of Congress

ABC Coalition, alongside more than 700 child and family well-being organizations, write a letter calling on President Biden and Members of Congress to make the CTC permanent. The complete list of sponsoring organizations can be found here. (as of September 1, 2021)

May 11, 2021

Letter to Secretary Yellen and Commissioner Rettig

ABC Coalition letter calling on Secretary Yellen and Commissioner Rettig to create a simplified filing tool.

March 29, 2021

Letter to President Biden and Secretary Yellen

ABC Coalition letter calling on President Biden and Secretary Yellen to make permanent the CTC expansion included in the American Rescue Plan. (March 29, 2021)

February 1, 2021

Letter to Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader McCarthy

ABC Coalition letter calling on Congressional leadership to include an expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in COVID-19 relief.