On April 28, 2021, President Biden announced the American Families Plan. In March, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which continues to provide immediate relief to American families and communities. According to a White House press release, “[A]pproximately 161 million payments of up to $1,400 per person have already gone out to households, schools are reopening, and 100 percent of Americans ages 16 and older are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The Rescue Plan is projected to lift more than five million children out of poverty this year, cutting child poverty by more than half. While too many Americans are still out of work, we are seeing encouraging signs in the labor market, as businesses begin to rehire and some of the hardest hit sectors begin to reopen.”
However, according to the President, “we need to do more [and] to build back better. President Biden knows a strong middle class is the backbone of America. Further, he states that the “American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan are once-in-a-generation investments in our nation’s future.”

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