Montana Strong Start Alliance

The Montana Strong Start Alliance is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations working together to advance a refundable Montana child tax credit.

What is a child tax credit?
Raising a family is expensive. A child tax credit puts money back in families’ pockets to help them keep up with rising costs such as housing, food, transportation, and child care. They are proven to strengthen families’ well-being, economic security, and children’s health.

Do Montanans support child tax credits? Yes!
In a 2024 Zero to Five Montana poll of registered voters, 75% of respondents said they support the Montana state government reducing the cost of child care by providing tax credits to families with children. (This result is up 11% from the same polling question in 2022.) 71% of respondents agreed tax credits help parents offset the cost of raising a child.

Want to learn more about child tax credits?

• Watch this webinar co-hosted by the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center and Zero to Five Montana.
• Check out this one-pager on child tax credits
• Learn more about Montana’s child tax credit history.

Want to get involved?