Children’s HealthWatch was featured in a recent article by Sampan on expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in Massachusetts.

Senator Eldridge, Representative Decker, Senator Downing, Senator Creem, and Children’s HealthWatch hold briefing on expanding the earned income tax credit

Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), Representative Marjorie Decker (D-Cambridge), Senator Ben Downing (D-Pittsfield), Senator Cynthia Stone Creem (D-Newton), and Children’s HealthWatch, a non-profit based at Boston Medical Center, today hosted a briefing on expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in Massachusetts at the State House.

“I am proud to introduce legislation this session that would increase the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit to increase the income of working families, reduce poverty and improve the quality of health in our children,” said Senator Eldridge. “The briefing today highlighted a policy that will have a significant impact on the state’s economy, the wealth of the people of Massachusetts, and inequality in our society.”

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