evidence: Supplemental Payment Checks Will Start Hitting Mailboxes This Week $350 Million in Direct Financial Assistance to Low- and Moderate-Income Families More Than 1 Million Families Will Get a Supplemental Payment of up to $330 per Child Through the Empire State Child Credit Governor Kathy Hochul today announced New York State has officially started issuing approximately $350 million in supplemental payments to low- and moderate-income families statewide through the Empire State Child Credit program. The first round of checks was mailed today and will begin to appear in recipients’ mailboxes this week. Checks will continue to be mailed over the next two weeks, and by the end of this month more than 1 million eligible families will receive up to $330 per child – with no need to apply.