Released: February 10, 2021

Send parents money

Source: Claire Cain Miller and Neil Irwin - N.Y. Times (Paid Registration)

The United States government helps parents in a few ways — but none of the benefits are simple to get, or available to everyone. The benefits have different eligibility requirements and complicated paperwork. And most come once a year, at tax time, so they may not be as helpful when challenges arise in daily life.

Two new proposals from opposing parties — one from President Biden and one from Senator Mitt Romney — take a very different approach: They would give money to most parents monthly, with basically no strings attached.

The plans would send $250 to $350 a month to parents of children 17 and younger, with larger payments for children under 6.

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