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Families have just a few months left to sign up for child tax credit payments

As Democrats negotiate a host of legislative priorities, one possible area of debate is emerging — whether or not the child tax credit should be tied to work.

Making children with individual taxpayer identification numbers eligible for the child tax credit would extend the benefit to 1 million children

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on parents scrambling to have their children tested for COVID-19 after possible exposures.

A Northern Virginia pediatrician says doctors’ offices are struggling to keep up with a surging demand for COVID-19 tests now that children are back in school. Thirty cars lined up outside Fairfax Pediatric Associates on Lee Highway on Tuesday for COVID testing. “The dramatic increase in the demand for testing has been incredible. It has been absolutely overwhelming to pediatric…

About 78% of Hispanic families received stimulus payments over the last year and a half, compared with 96% of white respondents, according to a recent survey.

An expanded child tax credit has provided monthly checks to millions of families. Now some Democrats are seeking to have those payments continue past this year.

Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center made it through nearly a whole summer of children’s programs when a staff member’s positive coronavirus test brought everything to a standstill.

As the towers of the World Trade Center fell on 9/11, children across the country absorbed the news in school, and teachers attempted to reassure them while coping with their own grief and fear. LX News Host Ashley Holt shares a personal story about how the tragedy of 9/11 hit home for young students and their teachers.

Continuing the expanded credit beyond 2021 would slash child poverty to 8.4% from 14.2%, a roughly 40% fall, according to a study from the Urban Institute.

A father from Santa Barbara, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for taking his two young children to Rosarito, Mexico, and killing them with a fishing spear last month.

Kids are more likely to succeed in life if parents help them cultivate emotional intelligence starting at a young age, neuroscientist William Stixrud says.

Federal unemployment programs ended this weekend, cutting benefits for millions of Americans. These other programs may help some stay afloat.

A parenting expert shared one way parents can help develop their child’s self-esteem.

Officials say more than 30 California children are still stuck in Afghanistan after they traveled to the country to see relatives weeks before the Taliban seized power and were unable to get out before U.S. forces left.

Code for America with the U.S. Treasury Department and White House released a new way for families to sign up for the child tax credit by phone.

The number of adults living in households with kids that reported not having enough to eat has fallen by 3.3 million thanks to child tax credit payments.

As jobs open up, many parents who are in between jobs are seeking to fill those positions. These tips can help them find the right opportunities.

U.S. drug regulators could clear the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in young children in late fall or early winter this year, the former FDA chief said.

The child tax credit has meant monthly payments for millions of families. But in 2021, there are other expanded credits available that could boost refunds.