No. A state or local income tax refund is not "earned" income. In fact, if you itemized deductions the previous tax year, a state or local refund is considered to be taxable income. But you did not "earn" the income by working---preparing your own tax return is not "work" that counts for getting earned income credit or the child tax credit.
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