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Starting Thursday, Parents Get Extra Child Tax Credit Payments

Here & Now‘s Don Gonyea speaks with Dr. Lucy Marcil, co-founder of Boston Medical Center’s StreetCred tax help program, about the expanded child tax credit payments that start to go out Thursday to most parents. Those who qualify will receive up to $300 per child for the next six months.

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