TOH edition: Monday, 9 November 2026 · economy
A Way to Help Families Out of Poverty: New Mexico Delivered Child Tax Credits to 255,000 Families
Reported by abqjournal.com
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New Mexico’s Child Tax Credit provided $138 million in relief to 255,000 families this year, according to the state’s taxation and revenue secretary. Census figures reported by the Albuquerque Journal put the state’s supplemental child poverty rate below the national rate when taxes, assistance and living expenses are counted.
Financial support is helping families cross the poverty line, showing that inadequate earnings need not leave children without help, even as deeper hardship persists.
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