Charlie Crist touts $151 Million in Child Tax Cuts for Pinellas families

Pinellas County families have received more than $151 million since July from the Child Tax Credit  payments, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist announced.

That accounts for 72,000 families within Crist’s district. The expanded Child Tax Credit, included in the American Rescue Plan, seeks to cut childhood poverty by 40%. The American Rescue Plan expanded the credit to up to $3,600 per child for children under 5, and $3,000 per child for children ages 6 to 17.

“One of the most impactful parts of that law was a historic expansion of the Child Tax Credit,” Crist said of the American Rescue Plan.

– Kelly Hayes, Florida Politics