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Forum Looks at the Way Forward to Equity and Opportunity in Essex County Financial assistance during the pandemic such as expanded unemployment benefits, expansion and extension of the child tax credit, and additional SNAP benefits all contributed to direct reductions...

As reported by Kathryn Carley, Public News Service: Listen Here. Childhood poverty was cut nearly in half during the Covid pandemic due to expanded federal programs like the child tax credit, and stimulus payments, which also prevented some five million Americans from...