Over 36 million families got their sixth—and final—monthly child tax credit advance back in December. Those checks were a temporary measure that was provided by the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden signed into law in March 2021. For one year, the economic aid package upped the child tax credit from $2,000 […]
Read MoreNew COVID stimulus checks are coming in 2022 to some US workers Almost two years after the start of the pandemic, some of the hardest-hit workers in essential industries are in line for some new federal help for their expenses when they worked through the crisis. Many had to dip into their own pockets to […]
Read MoreThis little-known stimulus benefit helps pay for your internet and a new laptop Months after its launch and with millions of Americans now enrolled, a pandemic aid program still has money available to provide struggling households with monthly discounts on internet service and one-time savings on new computers. As part of a COVID stimulus package […]
Read MoreMajor COVID stimulus payments in line for 2022 extension — don’t miss your free cash Congressional support is strong among Democrats to extend a popular stimulus payments program through next year despite a tug of war over Biden’s budget bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will likely push ahead this week to finalize a draft of […]
Read MoreWith no fourth stimulus check, these COVID programs still offer billions in aid Federal policymakers, focused on negotiating President Joe Biden’s budget, show no signs of providing more broad stimulus payments. But many Americans who lost income in the pandemic are still looking for help, battered by rising prices for much of what they buy. […]
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