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Vermont lawmakers hear testimony on expanding earned‑income and child tax credits
Summary
Witnesses urged Ways & Means members to increase Vermont's earned‑income tax credit (EITC), broaden eligibility for child tax credits and improve access, citing evidence that credits reduce child‑welfare involvement and ease family financial shocks.
Members of the Vermont House Ways & Means Committee heard two hours of testimony April 16 on proposals to expand the state's earned‑income and child tax credits, with witnesses saying the credits are a high‑impact tool to reduce child poverty and household financial instability.
"Income tax credits and child tax credits are a huge tool in trying to help people maintain stability once they have it," said Amy Rose, policy director for Voices for Vermont's Children, in testimony to the committee.
Advocates described three parallel priorities: increase credit amounts, broaden eligibility and improve access and outreach. Julie Lowell, economic security policy and outreach director at Public Assets Institute, told the panel that tax credits are part of a broader set of supports that families need but said the credits have shown measurable effects since the pandemic.
"During this time period . . . there were 3,000 fewer children in Vermont…
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