All tagged food security
When you picture Small Town USA, you probably picture a place like my hometown—a farming community with 1,600 people and three stoplights. When explaining the dynamics of rural North Carolina, I often say that it’s nothing like the movies, but in some ways, it really is.
This month many families across North Carolina are receiving an installment of the advance Child Tax Credit federal payment, which provides them with up to half of their total credit and bolsters their income to meet immediate needs for children’s health and well-being. These dollars can immediately improve the food and financial security of families with children at a critical time as they work to recover from the pandemic.
