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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

Report

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

April 29, 2021

Database

State Revenue Options for Investing in Families and Communities

December 18, 2020

Report

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

September 17, 2021 | Cortney Sanders and Michael Leachman

Report

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

July 27, 2021 | Cortney Sanders

Report

Income Support Associated With Improved Health Outcomes for Children, Many Studies Show

May 27, 2021 | Samantha Waxman, Arloc Sherman and Kris Cox

Blog

More States Making Equity-Focused Tax Choices

May 14, 2021 | Whitney Tucker

New on this Topic

Report

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

September 17, 2021

Blog

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

August 11, 2021

Blog

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

August 5, 2021

Report

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

August 5, 2021

Report

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

July 27, 2021

Policy Brief

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

July 27, 2021

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.

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.

Federal Aid to State and Local Governments

State and Local Borrowing

State Supermajority Rules to Raise Revenues

The ABCs of State Budgets

Where Do Our State Tax Dollars Go?

Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)

Property Tax Caps

State Earned Income Tax Credits

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

A record number of states have provided much-needed support for families during the pandemic by enacting bills to create or improve state earned income tax credits (EITCs) this year. Ten states...

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...

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

Budget Process Transparency a Racial Justice Issue, New Jersey Shows

State budgets can play an enormous role in improving the daily lives and futures of families and communities and be a powerful tool for advancing racial equity. These equitable outcomes require a...

States Should Improve the Design of Their Rainy Day Funds

States must balance their budgets even when they face recessions and other unexpected shocks to their...

Income Support Associated With Improved Health Outcomes for Children, Many Studies Show

Income significantly contributes to opportunities for good health.[1] People with higher incomes can more easily afford to meet the full range of their children’s needs, from nutritious food and...

America’s School Infrastructure Needs a Major Investment of Federal Funds to Advance an Equitable Recovery

In upcoming recovery legislation, Congress should include a significant infusion of federal funds to build and repair K-12...

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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

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

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

Income Support Associated With Improved Health Outcomes for Children, Many Studies Show

More States Making Equity-Focused Tax Choices

State Priorities Partnership

Tax Cuts and State Economies

New on this Topic

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

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

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.

Experts

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

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

Budget Process Transparency a Racial Justice Issue, New Jersey Shows

States Should Improve the Design of Their Rainy Day Funds

Income Support Associated With Improved Health Outcomes for Children, Many Studies Show

America’s School Infrastructure Needs a Major Investment of Federal Funds to Advance an Equitable Recovery