During his visit to the Child Care Center on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris highlights the Biden administration’s efforts to expand child care and ease parental financial pressure.

Harris will discuss new guidance on a $ 15 billion grant to support child care programs, future payments to families from child tax deductions, and other credits to help parents pay for care. is.

Outreach is part of the ongoing implementation of President Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion relief package to help the US economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. While expecting millions of families to benefit from support, government officials also said childcare and payments should allow more parents to work and boost economic growth.

While Biden is attending the Seven Group Summit in the United Kingdom, Harris outlines guidance in Washington, Centronia. The Democratic administration is advocating government assistance to promote economic interests and improve people’s lives. Unleash inflation that can undermine the economy and the well-being of Americans.

The government is also seeking help to spend more trillions of dollars on expanding some of its infrastructure, education, and relief packages that provide assistance to families. At a virtual meeting with small businesses on Thursday, Cecilia Rouse, chairman of the White House Economic Advisory Board, said helping workers would also benefit businesses.

“When employees don’t have to worry about not being able to meet the needs of their loved ones, they can be more productive, more careful and better maintain the skills needed to succeed in the labor market. “I will,” Rouse said.

Many parents had to quit their jobs because of a pandemic, and the government has deposited $ 15 billion in banks for childcare and development block grants to make it easier for people to get back to work. I will. That amount exceeds the $ 24 billion already paid to states, territories and tribes to stabilize the child care sector.

According to the government, one in eight childcare jobs has not yet returned after the pandemic closed many centers and schools. This assistance is used to pay childcare providers and indemnify caregivers, designed to improve the quality of service and access to services.

Harris will also announce outreach activities on June 21 to ensure that families receive a child tax credit. The relief package will increase the size of the package and the IRS will begin paying on July 15.

Eligible families receive $ 300 per month for children under the age of 6 and $ 250 for children between the ages of 6 and 17. Experts predict that this payment could halve child poverty.

The IRS estimates that 39 million households, including 88% of US children, are already set to receive payments. However, families who have not yet filed their taxes and have not signed up for payment directly with the relief package can still register.

The goal of future outreach activities is to build support for extending payments that are due to expire in a year and raise awareness that people can qualify for them.

The IRS on Friday will release guidance on enhanced tax credits for the care of children and dependents. Families with incomes of up to $ 125,000 will receive a tax credit of $ 4,000 for one child and $ 8,000 for two or more children in fiscal year 2021. Credits will be refunded in full. This means that low-income families with no tax burden can qualify.

IRS staff will issue individual guidance on paid leave tax credits. This offsets the employer’s cost of providing paid illness and family vacations for events resulting from the coronavirus. Credits are given to employers with less than 500 workers. Employers can receive up to $ 17,110 on up to 10 days of paid sick leave and up to 12 weeks of paid family leave.