Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
CCC’s Community Risk Ranking: Economic Security
CCC’s Community Risk Ranking has generated a lot of attention about the challenges facing New York City children and their families. The New York Times, New York Daily News, and other local news outlets have already offered their take and analysis on C …
Do You Know How to Help New Yorkers Double Their Earning Power?
What if we told you that we know how to help New Yorkers double their earning power? The key to achieving this goal is clear – help more young people graduate from college. In New York City, a college degree holder earns twice the median income of some …
Findings from CEO Poverty Report Support Key CCC Recommendations
Last week New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) released its annual report on the CEO Poverty Measure[1], an alternative to the official federal poverty measure.[2] By taking into account more modern spending patterns as well as geograp …
What Does it Mean to Promote Financial Literacy?
April is Financial Literacy Month. Helping families understand how to manage and save their money helps them to pay bills and rent, purchase food and clothing, and save for the future. Financial security is critical to children’s well-being. Financial …
Celebrating Earned Income Tax Credit Appreciation Day
Why is CCC celebrating the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) along with other tax credits for working families? Because we know what powerful tools they are in the fight against poverty. Tax credits, including EITC, kept an estimated 290,000 New Yorkers …
Policy Briefing Recap: Helping Working Families Make the Most of Tax Time
On April 29, 2013, CCC held a policy briefing about how tax credits help low-income families and efforts the City and non-profit organizations make to help families access these credits. Speakers discussed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Ch …
