Getting child tax credit to lowest-income parents proves challenging. Pictured is the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center on July 14, in Washington, DC.
Mandatory Credit:	Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Changes

Getting child tax credit to lowest-income parents proves challenging. Pictured is the KU Kids Deanwood Childcare Center on July 14, in Washington, DC.
Mandatory Credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Community Changes

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Getting child tax credit to lowest-income parents proves challenging

When President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats temporarily expanded the child tax credit this spring, they repeatedly touted that it would help cut child poverty nearly in half.