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Tax Credits for Individuals and Families

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Priorities for Spending the American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

May 7, 2021 | CBPP

The American Rescue Plan is not only an extraordinary federal policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its severe attendant hardships, but also a historic opportunity to begin undoing...

American Rescue Plan Act Includes Much-Needed K-12 Funding

March 15, 2021

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3 Principles for an Antiracist, Equitable State Response to COVID-19 — and a Stronger Recovery

April 29, 2021

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State Revenue Options for Investing in Families and Communities

December 18, 2020

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Failure to Suspend or Raise Debt Limit Would Hurt States

September 30, 2021 | Whitney Tucker

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State Juvenile Justice Reforms Can Boost Opportunity, Particularly for Communities of Color

July 27, 2021 | Cortney Sanders

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Record Number of States Create or Improve EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

August 11, 2021 | Samantha Waxman

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More States Making Equity-Focused Tax Choices

May 14, 2021 | Whitney Tucker

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A Record 14 States, Territories Created or Improved EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

October 14, 2021

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State Earned Income Tax Credits

October 13, 2021

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States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Jumpstart Long-Term Investments in a Better, More Equitable Future

October 7, 2021

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States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Invest Long Term in a More Equitable Future

October 7, 2021

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Failure to Suspend or Raise Debt Limit Would Hurt States

September 30, 2021

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Step One to an Antiracist State Revenue Policy: Eliminate Criminal Justice Fees and Reform Fines

September 17, 2021

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State and local governments provide most funding for K-12 education, public colleges and universities, health care, transportation, public safety, and other services.

They finance these services mainly through income and sales taxes and fees. We analyze budget and tax policies and work with state officials and state-based nonprofits to develop policies that address the needs of low-income families.

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A Record 14 States, Territories Created or Improved EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

Note: this post is an update of this one, written before enactment of several recent EITC measures. A record number of states have provided much-needed support for families during...

States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Jumpstart Long-Term Investments in a Better, More Equitable Future

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan adopted in March 2021 provides a historic opportunity for states to jumpstart transformative investments in a stronger and more equitable...

States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Invest Long Term in a More Equitable Future

Racial inequities have widened in the pandemic, with Black and Latino people bearing the brunt of the hardship. These are some ways states can spend their federal Fiscal Recovery Funds as a resource...

Failure to Suspend or Raise Debt Limit Would Hurt States

State policymakers should be deeply concerned that Congress might act irresponsibly and fail to suspend or raise the debt limit — the maximum amount of money the federal government may legally...

La Ley del Plan de Rescate de Estados Unidos brindará a Puerto Rico alivios tributarios importantes y permanentes

La ley expande el Crédito Tributario por Hijos para que toda familia elegible en Puerto Rico con un hijo o más pueda reclamarlo y provee una importante suma de fondos anuales para que Puerto Rico...

Step One to an Antiracist State Revenue Policy: Eliminate Criminal Justice Fees and Reform Fines

Criminal fees fall heavily on the lowest-income people in the country and disproportionately on Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people, who already face severe barriers imposed by systemic racism,...

Record Number of States Create or Improve EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

Note, October 14: more states, territories have enacted EITC measures in 2021; see this post for the latest. A record number of states have provided much-needed support...

Rescue Plan’s State and Local Funds Helping Families, Communities

With the nation’s recovery still fragile and new COVID-19 variants on the rise, the American Rescue Plan’s $350 billion in Fiscal Recovery Funds is giving states, localities, U.S. territories,...

State and Local Child Tax Credit Outreach Needed to Help Lift Hardest-to-Reach Children Out of Poverty

Government officials and agencies, community-based organizations, and advocates across the country can help reduce poverty and hardship by conducting aggressive outreach and giving hands-on...

State Juvenile Justice Reforms Can Boost Opportunity, Particularly for Communities of Color

States can expand opportunity and build stronger, more prosperous, and inclusive communities by reducing the incarceration of children and young adults and increasing the use of sensible alternatives...

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Priorities for Spending the American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

American Rescue Plan Act Includes Much-Needed K-12 Funding

3 Principles for an Antiracist, Equitable State Response to COVID-19 — and a Stronger Recovery

State Revenue Options for Investing in Families and Communities

Failure to Suspend or Raise Debt Limit Would Hurt States

State Juvenile Justice Reforms Can Boost Opportunity, Particularly for Communities of Color

Record Number of States Create or Improve EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

More States Making Equity-Focused Tax Choices

State Priorities Partnership

Tax Cuts and State Economies

New on this Topic

A Record 14 States, Territories Created or Improved EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

State Earned Income Tax Credits

States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Jumpstart Long-Term Investments in a Better, More Equitable Future

States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Invest Long Term in a More Equitable Future

Failure to Suspend or Raise Debt Limit Would Hurt States

Step One to an Antiracist State Revenue Policy: Eliminate Criminal Justice Fees and Reform Fines

Policy Basics

State and local governments provide most funding for K-12 education, public colleges and universities, health care, transportation, public safety, and other services.

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A Record 14 States, Territories Created or Improved EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Jumpstart Long-Term Investments in a Better, More Equitable Future

States Should Use Federal Relief Funds to Invest Long Term in a More Equitable Future

Failure to Suspend or Raise Debt Limit Would Hurt States

La Ley del Plan de Rescate de Estados Unidos brindará a Puerto Rico alivios tributarios importantes y permanentes

Step One to an Antiracist State Revenue Policy: Eliminate Criminal Justice Fees and Reform Fines

Record Number of States Create or Improve EITCs to Respond to COVID-19

Rescue Plan’s State and Local Funds Helping Families, Communities

State and Local Child Tax Credit Outreach Needed to Help Lift Hardest-to-Reach Children Out of Poverty

State Juvenile Justice Reforms Can Boost Opportunity, Particularly for Communities of Color