Socioeconomic Class Content Topic Results

This document builds upon the working group’s previously released product, The Need for Paid Safe Leave & Model Legislative Language, which provided model legislative language regarding paid safe leave. It includes recommendations for when workers can be required to provide documentation for safe leave claims, and, where required, what types of documentation options should be allowed.

The Need for Paid Safe Leave & Model Legislative Language is the first product of the Safe Leave Working Group. The document is a resource for policymakers, advocates, and stakeholders that provides key context for the importance of paid safe leave, this document includes model policy language for providing paid safe leave, which can be used directly or adapted to appropriate contexts. 

The bipartisan Child Tax Credit expansion in the tax bill negotiated by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith takes an important step toward making the credit work for children in families with low incomes. This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities outlines the short- and long-term impact that the proposed CTC expansion could have in lifting children out of poverty. 

Domestic violence impacts survivors in many ways, including their economic stability. This Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) focuses on how flexible financial assistance can be distributed to survivors of intimate partner violence.

Restoring the expanded, monthly refundable CTC and EITC is an immediate, meaningful, and direct way to help families meet basic needs. This fact sheet offers a breakdown of the impact of the expanded CTC and EITC on families.

Leading with the shared vision that “All families deserve living conditions in which they can thrive,” this graphic illustration utilizes NRCDV’s Storytelling Framework to center survivors of color for whom economic insecurity poses significant barriers to safety and well-being. This resource makes the case for wage equity as a critical pathway to intimate partner violence prevention, and can be used with a variety of audiences as a tool to move people to action.

This page from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides background information on the EITC, including who is eligible and work incentive features.

This page for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides basic details about the CTC, including refundability and the value of the credit.