The expansion of the child tax credit expired at the end of 2021, and other pandemic-related benefits have expired within the past year. As a result, the supplemental poverty measure rate for children jumped 7.2 percentage points to 12.4% in 2022, according to the Census Bureau. “We did see the child tax credit had a substantial decrease in child poverty." In a statement, President Joe Biden blamed congressional Republicans for failing to extend the enhanced child tax credit and vowed to restore it. The supplemental poverty measure includes both cash and noncash benefits and subtracts necessary expenses such as taxes and medical expenses.

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Persons: ” Liana Fox, “, Joe Biden, ”, Biden, Mike Schneider, X Organizations: U.S . Census, Black, Census, Democrat Locations: United States, U.S