Nearly a Third of Parents Spent Child Tax Credit Payments for Child Care  Three in 10 families that received monthly Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments spent them on kids' school expenses, and 1 in 4 families with young children used them to cover child care costs, according to new results from the Census Bureau's experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began issuing a monthly Advance Child Tax Credit payment to families with children in mid-July. In this new America Counts story, learn more about how families used the first three of the six checks. According to the IRS, about 35 million eligible families received up to $300 for each child under age 6 and up to $250 for each child ages 6 to 17 in July, August, and September. These payments will continue every month through December. Get Involved Join government leaders and national and community organizations across the country in raising awareness of the Child Tax Credit. Families who are not automatically receiving monthly Child Tax Credit payments can still enroll — the deadline to sign up is November 15. The Child Tax Credit can help lift children out of poverty. Spread the word in your community about how families can get economic relief right now by applying for the #ChildTaxCredit. Use this Digital Community Activation Creative Toolkit to help you get started.  Webinar: Childhood Poverty and The Child Tax Credit Census Bureau data offers valuable insights about households with children experiencing poverty. Watch our on-demand webinar to explore the data and learn how the Child Tax Credit can help. Eligible households who have not filed taxes this year or last year can still sign up online for the Child Tax Credit at www.getctc.org/census (English) or www.getctc.org/es/census (Spanish). | 
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