Stimulus check: Here's who is getting an extra $1,000 in relief funds

Stimulus bank check: Hither'due south who is getting an extra $i,000 in relief funds

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While stimulus bank check payouts are winding down, some Americans may see additional relief in the coming weeks and months. Teachers and school staff in several states have or will receive raises or bonuses, some amounting to $1,000 per person.

These funds are being distributed as office of an educational-grant program provided past the Biden administration's American Rescue Program Act, passed before this year. In Georgia, for example, nearly every school employee — including teachers, teacher's aides, motorbus drivers and custodial and cafeteria staff — was paid a $1,000 "thank-y'all" bonus this spring.

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School districts in several other states, including Tennessee, Texas, California and Colorado, are offering similar incentives for teachers and staff in the hopes of retaining employees and improving morale. Michigan issued $500 adventure payments to teachers and $250 to schoolhouse staff in February.

Florida's land government has also approved $one,000 bonuses for teachers and school principals, although the details of the payout plan appear to clash with federal guidelines for spending the stimulus assistance. State officials say they however expect the relief to exist distributed in August.

Hawaii's state legislature also took up a proposal to ship erstwhile $ii,200 bonuses to teachers, simply Governor David Ige vetoed the bill. A similar program also failed in Oregon.

More aid for essential workers?

Every bit the Associated Printing reports, the relief being considered for school staff and other essential workers varies widely from country to state. Some state governments have used federal aid to distribute risk pay early in the pandemic to certain groups, including healthcare professionals, prison guards, child-care providers and retail and grocery employees,.

While the American Rescue Programme Act provided more than help to state and local governments to support workers, simply a handful of states take actively worked to distribute those funds (such as those mentioned above providing teacher bonuses).

The other blazon of relief however being paid out is the expanded kid-tax credit, which provides upward to $3,600 per child under 6, and upward to $3,000 per kid ages six through 17, for families earning upwards to $75,000 (single filers) or $150,000 (married filers).

One-half of those funds are being paid out in accelerate (up to $300 or $250 per month, respectively) through the stop of 2021. Families tin opt out and receive a lump credit on their 2021 taxes instead.

Families earning more than the income caps volition still receive some relief. The expanded child revenue enhancement credit phases out past $50 for every $i,000 in boosted annual income, and all families are nonetheless eligible for the existing credit of $2,000 per child up to historic period 17.

Emily Long is a Utah-based freelance author who covers consumer technology, privacy and personal finance for Tom'southward Guide. She has been reporting and writing for well-nigh x years, and her work has appeared in Wirecutter, Lifehacker, NBC BETTER and CN Traveler, among others. When she's not working, you lot tin can find her trail running, didactics and practicing yoga, or studying for grad school — all fueled by coffee, obviously.