‘Huge flip of circumstances’: end of US child tax credit pushing kids into poverty

Nearly 4 million more children in poverty in January 2022 compared with December 2021, say experts

Andrea Knauber used the money to pay for more nutritious food and cover the fees for her daughter's dance classes. Melissa Lester spent the checks on birthday and Christmas gifts for her daughter, and to take the first holiday of her life.

My family never went on family vacations or anything, and 2021 was the first time that I had done anything like that. And we got to go to the beach," said Lester, a 38-year-old social worker in Ohio.