Protect and Expand the CDCTC

Resource January 29, 2025 • First Five Years Fund

We have a major opportunity for child care – but we need your help.

Working families with young children urgently need support. At the top of that list: Making it easier for parents to find and afford child care. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit is the only tax provision specifically designed to help working parents with the cost of child care. Families need this tax credit.

We know that Congress will focus on taxes this year. We also know it is crucial that protecting and expanding the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC, or family care credit) is part of that conversation. This important tax credit helps working parents keep more of what they earn to pay for child care and, if it were expanded, could provide real help for families struggling to pay for child care.

See below for ways to act, learn, and share.

Tell Congress: Protect and expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. The CDCTC is the only tax credit that specifically helps families keep more of what they earn to pay for child care.
Working families need this credit.

ACT

Join us and let your Member Congress know how important this is for families in your state.

Send

An email to your Member of Congress using this action center and tell them why the CDCTC must be protected and expanded.

A social media post telling Congress that they must protect and expand the CDCTC. Social graphics also included here.

Write

A letter-to-the editor using this draft (and customize based on your own personal experiences!)

Call

Call your Member of Congress and tell them why the CDCTC must be protected and expanded.

Organize

Your network: Send this toolkit to your coworkers and fellow advocates and encourage them to join us.

Invite

Your Member of Congress to a meeting to discuss the importance of the CDCTC before the Feb. 17th recess. Here is an easy guide to setting up a meeting!

Save

Download, save, and print a PDF version of this toolkit to share with your network.

Three places below to take action, visit all three!

LEARN

Watch our recent webinar on child care and the tax code below:

Slides from Webinar – January 29th

Resources

Sample social media graphics:

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Use this QR code to share the toolkit with others:

Sample social media posts to share this toolkit:

Congress: Protect and expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC)!

Families across the country depend on the CDCTC to help them afford the child care they need to go to work

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We have the opportunity RIGHT NOW to protect and enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) – the only tax credit specifically made to help parents pay for child care.

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This toolkit includes several quick and easy ways you can tell Congress to protect the only tax credit specifically designed to help offset the cost of child care for families – the CDCTC.

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Thank you for your work to advocate for important policies that will help working families and young children. Using our voices together helps make a real difference.

Protect and Expand the CDCTC

We have a major opportunity for child care – but we need your help.

ACT

Join us and let your Member Congress know how important this is for families in your state.