For Maine, the package (#3) likely to have the greatest impact on child poverty includes
Increasing payments along the phase-in and flat portions of the Earned Income Tax Credit
(EITC) schedule
Converting the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
(CDCTC) to a fully refundable tax credit and concentrate its benefits on families with the lowest incomes and with children under the age of five
Increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP) benefits by 35 percent as well as increasing benefits for older children
Increasing the number of housing vouchers
directed to families with children so that 70 percent of eligible families that are not currently receiving subsidized housing would use them
