{"id":304,"date":"2021-10-27T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.daveschmidt.co\/?p=304"},"modified":"2025-03-29T16:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T21:02:58","slug":"help-for-families-with-kids-3000-3600-child-tax-credit-still-available-for-families-who-dont-file-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmypaymentillinois.org\/es\/help-for-families-with-kids-3000-3600-child-tax-credit-still-available-for-families-who-dont-file-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Help for families with kids: $3,000\/$3,600 Child Tax Credit still available for families who don\u2019t file taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you have a child under age 18 you care for, but you haven\u2019t received the monthly advance payments from the IRS, you might want to sign up using the new online portal GetCTC.org<\/a>. Thousands of Illinois families are eligible. But recent surveys have suggested that many parents may not know they are eligible. Families that normally earn too little to file taxes may not realize that they can still sign up to get a large check in November and December. But you\u2019ll have to hurry to get it this year. GetCTC.org will close on November 15th this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many families who have already received their monthly child tax credit payments have used them to help pay for child care, bills, or school supplies. At the beginning of the pandemic, Chicago resident Mykela Collins and her two kids found ways to connect and stay entertained. She introduced them to classic movies during their weekly family movie nights. After work, she helped her fourteen-year-old daughter with the shirt design business she had started through Instagram. But in March after 12 years as a food service director, she had to leave her job due to serious health concerns, including damaged lungs stemming from a fire she survived as a child. The Child Tax Credit came at just the right time for Mykela, who lives with her sister at her mom\u2019s home. \u201cWith me not being able to work, it has helped me buy school uniforms and school supplies for my kids. It\u2019s also helped me pay the phone bill.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Mykela received the checks automatically because she is a regular tax filer, other parents who don\u2019t normally file taxes are eligible too. It\u2019s not too late to claim the checks for these parents. Mykela advises parents who haven\u2019t received their checks yet, \u201cIf you do get the money, use it for taking care of your kids. It\u2019s really not free money. It\u2019s money you worked hard for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n