US parents received $250 monthly child tax credit payments from July to December 2021 under Biden's Build Back Better Act.
Insider spoke with eight families around the US about how life has changed with the loss of monthly payments.
Previously, parents received an annual child tax credit of $2,000 per child in one lump sum with their tax refunds.
Under President Biden's Build Back Better Act, the child tax credit was raised to $3,600 per child, depending on the child's age, split up into monthly payments.
Insider spoke with eight parents whose lives were directly affected by the loss of monthly child tax credit payments, also known as CTC payments.