The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) temporarily expanded the so-called “childless” EITC, or the earned income tax credit for workers without children at home. The maximum credit for these workers nearly tripled to just over $1,500, and, for the first time, many workers between the ages of 19 and 24 and 65 and older became eligible. As a result of this temporary expansion, millions of childless EITC beneficiaries received a substantially larger credit, especially younger workers: 4.3 million young workers without children received an average credit of almost $900 in 2021, a substantial boost in income that reduced hardship.