“I often say this that when they’re older and they ask where their college fund is, I’m going to have to say, I’m sorry it went to your childcare costs,” said Lester.“Even with two working parents, making ends meet is a real struggle for us,” said Lester. “Today with two little ones, childcare costs us $2,504 a month. Our family childcare costs more than a one-year tuition at The Ohio State University and the cost just keeps rising.
“The child tax credit expansion was a glimmer of hope,” said Lester. “It helped moms like me feel like maybe, just maybe it’s possible for things to get better.”“They ended when prices began to skyrocket,” said Lester.would make the American Rescue Plan’s expansion of the CTC and the Earned Income Tax Credit permanent.
“According to researchers at Columbia University, expanding the child tax credit lifted 3.7 million American kids out of poverty,” said Sen. Ron Wyden . “Child hunger fell by nearly a quarter.’”