Can a tax credit reduce child poverty?

February 4, 2022: Rep. Emilie Kornheiser discusses efforts to expand the state's Child Tax Credit for income-eligible families.

Proposed bill H.510 would provide a credit to an estimated 51,000 children in the state ages 0 - 6. But, the measure could also cost the state more than $50 million. The legislation is modeled after the federal enhanced Child Tax Credit provided to families last year under ARPA.

To follow H.510: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2022/H.510

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".

Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.