Child Tax Credit
Dear Editor: Despite all the attention on the next Congress, the current Congress can make history again this year. In 2021, the expanded Child Tax Credit with monthly payments helped cut child poverty by 46 percent last year – the largest one-year reduction in history. The monthly CTC payments gave parents the freedom and flexibility to cover rent, food, and utilities when they needed it most – monthly bill time.
Since the payments expired last December, child poverty has increased, parents can’t work because they can’t afford childcare, and global inflation has made basic necessities more expensive.
Last year, the Child Tax Credit achieved an historic reduction in child poverty. We can do it again. We urge our Senators, Murkowski and Sullivan, to expand the monthly CTC for all low-income families!
Sitka RESULTS
Michele Friedman, Bitsy Mosher,
Dr. Valerie Edwards,
Mary Soltis, Donna Donohoe
Carbon Offset Fund
Dear Editor: We all love this community. The people, clean air, water, wildlife, fish, and magnificent landscapes. And many of us want to find ways to take care of this place for generations to come, particularly in the face of climate change. The Sitka Carbon Offset Fund is a project of the Sitka Conservation Society that uses donated contributions from locals and travelers to fund air source heat pump conversions for households with financial need, getting folks off of fossil fuels and reducing Sitka’s carbon footprint.
The conversions we’ve completed are estimated to displace on average over 10,000 pounds of CO2 per year and have created big cost savings for families, while bringing new revenue into our local electric fund, supporting community cost sharing.
Interested in offsetting your carbon footprint and helping your neighbors? Visit sitkacarbonoffset.com to donate or learn more.
Toby Campbell,
Advisory Team Member of the
Sitka Carbon Offset Fund
