CLASP. July 2020. Policy analysts at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) urged Congress to permanently expand the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to workers without dependent children and lower the eligibility age to 19 to support younger workers who have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.clasp.org/blog/support-young-workers-expanding-eitc-next-covid-19-package