Child Tax Credit 2021: Here's when the third check will deposit
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The third monthly payment of the enhanced Child Tax Credit will land in accounts this week, providing an influx of cash to millions of families at a time when most other major stimulus programs for U.S. households have ended.
Parents of about 60 million children will receive direct deposit payments on September 15, while some may receive the checks through the mail anywhere from a few days to a week later. Parents of eligible children under 6 will receive $300 per child, while those with children between 6 to 17 will receive $250 per child on Wednesday. The September 15 payment marks the halfway point of the direct cash assistance, with only three monthly payments remaining under the plan signed into law by President Joe Biden through the American Rescue Plan. But some Democratic lawmakers are currently working on an extension of the enhanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) through 2025, although that's far from guaranteed. In the meantime, anti-poverty advocates say the CTC has helped families weather the ongoing effects of the pandemic.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.