The University of Kentucky's Center for Poverty Research released a discussion paper that explores whether the safety net reduces food insecurity for families and children who receive any of the five major safety net programs: Temporary Assistance…

The Office of Family Assistance hosted a Webinar, "Building an EITC Coalition," on July 12, 2012. This Webinar provided background on how to create an EITC coalition at the local and State levels, discussed methods for developing community…

The IRS provides EITC Central, which hosts the Partner Toolkit, the Tax Return Preparer Toolkit, Marketing Express, and Information for the Press. EITC Central includes the latest EITC news and updates, EITC statistics, and widgets, banner ads,…

Visit the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ (CBPP) National Earned Income Tax Credit & Child Tax Credit Outreach Campaign. The CBPP provides a 2012 Tax Credit Outreach Kit, EITC estimator tool, and a comprehensive, searchable database…

This EITC Assistant is from the IRS and provides eligibility information for the EITC in tax year 2011. By providing basic income information, the program can help in determine correct filing status, determine whether children qualify, and it can…

TANF potentially serves as a portal for a wide array of programs that provide cash income support, in-kind nutrition and housing assistance, tax credits, and other services to families with low-incomes. This research brief summarizes what we know…

Using a panel of 4,500 children matched to their mothers from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth datasets, authors analyze the impact of a family’s income on child achievement to understand possible causal effects an increase in family income…

The Brookings Institution authored this brief on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) since the inception of the “EITC Movement” ten years ago. Authors review the past accomplishments of the EITC Movement and discuss how the Movement will continue…

Work supports such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, child care subsidies, and public health insurance can often help low-income working families reach self-sufficiency. Using the National Center for Children in Poverty’s Family Resource Simulator…

The Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings recently released a report that compared the change in geographic distribution of the low-income population to trends of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients’ location. The data used…