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Supporters tell Oregon committee SB 694 would raise and widen Oregon Kids tax credit
Summary
At a Feb. 25 public hearing, proponents urged the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health to pass Senate Bill 694, which would increase the Oregon Kids child tax credit and expand eligibility to reach more working families.
During a Feb. 25 public hearing of the Oregon Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health, Daniel Hauser, deputy director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, urged support for Senate Bill 694 (SB 694), a proposal to raise the state’s child tax credit and expand eligibility to include more working families.
"A modest bump in the credit amount to go from $1,000 to $1,200 per year per child would make it to where a family would effectively be receiving $100 per month per kid," Daniel Hauser said, summarizing the bill’s main numerical change. He told the committee the Oregon Kids program reached about 36,000 families in its first year and that nearly $40 million had been…
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