Monthly child tax credit payments have stopped. But families who file their tax returns can still get the rest of the credit, officials say.

Katrena Ross started receiving $300 a month last July as part of the expanded monthly child tax credit payments. The Michigan mother of three, including a son with autism, used the money to pay for gas to drive her children to school and to feed them healthier food. 

"To a lot of people it doesn't seem like a lot, but when you're already living paycheck to the week before paycheck, $300 – it helps," Ross said. But in January, those payments stopped. 

"I'm back to looking at the bills and seeing what I can push around to be able to get groceries for the house and making sure that all of the bills are paid still and on time so nothing gets turned off."