PHILADELPHIA – The Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation (Scattergood) announced that 17 local organizations will receive a total of $192,000 in City funding to conduct grassroots outreach to maximize the number of Philadelphia households claiming the newly expanded federal Child Tax Credit.
President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, passed last March, increased the Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to $3,600 for children under the age of six. Many families received advance Child Tax Credit payments between July and December 2021 but must file their federal income taxes to claim the other half. Parents and guardians that missed out on the advanced payments will have an opportunity to claim the full credit they are owed by filing with the IRS beginning Jan. 24.
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