She noted that there is strong research that indicates that the extra income the tax credit gives to low - income families has significant long - term benefits for the children, improving their
educational, health, and career
outcomes, on top of helping to mitigate
immediate hardship.
The study investigated these two groups of pre-kindergarten children on
immediate (prekindergarten), intermediate (kindergarten) and longer term (first grade)
outcomes as well as examined a number of key factors that may impact intervention including: child history of EI / ECSE and other
educational services, child characteristics, and familial risk factors.