Expanded child tax credit brings enrichment for some kids who missed out

Olivia Oborne’s first year of middle school came and went without the sleepovers, dances and school field trips that, in normal times, would feature prominently in the social life of a 12-year-old.

So when Olivia’s mother, Brooke Oborne, received an extra $250 for each of her children this July as part of an advance on her annual child tax credit, she used it to give them an experience they’d never had before. She sent Olivia to a summer sleepaway camp and her two siblings, 10-year-old Evelyn and 6-year-old Charles, to a swim camp.

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