Children’s Budget 2010, the latest annual edition in the First Focus Children’s Budget series, is a comprehensive guide to all federal spending on children as it provides analysis of the over 180 federally funded programs which aim to enhance the well-being of the nation’s children–from child health and education to child welfare and juvenile justice–and shows how programs’ appropriations levels have changed over the past five years.
A key findings included in Children’s Budget 2010 is that during the past five years federal spending on children increased by 15%, however, this increase was largely a result of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus funds released in 2009 and 2010. Without the additional one-time ARRA spending, the share of spending on children’s programs would have actually declined over the past five years–this year’s spending on kids would be less than 8 percent of the federal budget, which is below what it was 5 years ago
Kids Share 2010 is the fourth annual examination of the federal spending trends and tax policies that support and affect children and families. In 2009, less than one-tenth of the federal budget was spent on children–$334 billion out of a total of $3.5 trillion in expenditures. A “Kids’ Share 2010: Report on Federal Expenditures through 2009” PowerPoint, which provides a clear overview of the past, present, and future federal spending on children,was presented by authors Julia B. Isaacs and Eugene Steuerle at the July 14, 2010 Children’s Budget Summit. Additional resources from the Summit are also available.
A wealth of information about federal spending on children can be found at ChildrensBudget.org, the website for the First Focus Children’s Budget project which tracks federal investments in children. The site includes analysis of the Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations bills and the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget.
First Focus is a bipartisan advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions. The annual Children’s Budget guides are published by First Focus with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Kids’ Share 2010 was commissioned by First Focus and produced by the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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