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Download full textDallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Troe, Jessica, Ed.; Sasner, Conor, Ed.; Gomez, Olivia, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2021
"Children's Budget 2021," the 15th annual Children's Budget analysis, is released as Congress stands at a proverbial crossroads for the nation's kids. For more than a decade, this report has documented mostly bad news, in which the share of federal spending for kids has sharply declined. But, as Congress grappled with how to respond to a…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Welfare, COVID-19, Federal Legislation
Aherne, Drew, Ed.; Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Towner, Christopher, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2020
"Children's Budget 2020" is the 14th annual release of this signature Children's Budget publication. While the COVID-19 health and economic crises have highlighted how important it is to put children and families at the forefront of budget decisions, far too often lawmakers fail to prioritize children when allocating federal resources.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Welfare, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Merker, Rachel, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2019
"Children's Budget 2019" is a comprehensive analysis of how kids and families have been faring in the federal budget over the past five years. The book captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support,…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Merker, Rachel, Ed. – First Focus, 2018
"Children's Budget 2018" captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support, nutrition, safety and training, tracking federal investments in nearly 200 different programs. To determine the amount of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Merker, Rachel, Ed. – First Focus, 2017
"Children's Budget 2017" captures and analyzes historical funding data and spending trends across a wide range of policy areas including child welfare, early childhood, education, health, housing, income support, nutrition, safety and training, tracking federal investments in nearly 200 different programs. For each program listed, this…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Direct linkBraddock, David; Hemp, Richard; Rizzolo, Mary Kay – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2008
This is the latest edition of the "State of the States in Developmental Disabilities" study--a thorough and the only one of its kind investigation on public spending, revenues, and programmatic trends of intellectual and developmental programs and services within the United States since 1977. Directed by leading researcher, Dr. David…
Descriptors: Community Services, Mental Retardation, Family Programs, Developmental Programs
MacDonald, Mia – 1994
The decline in Federal funding for state-provided social services during the 1980s triggered a transformation in the states' roles in family policymaking. This booklet documents four state initiatives designed to bring about systems change: (1) Healthy Start (California); (2) the Governor's Families and Children Initiative (Colorado); (3) the…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
DeWoody, Madelyn – 1992
This book offers specific information on the wide range of federal prevention, emergency shelter, and family service programs available today that provide children and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with financial support, education, job training, nutritional services, and crisis funding. The chapters are: (1)…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Family Programs, Federal Aid
Zigler, Edward, Ed.; Styfco, Sally J., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2004
The future of Head Start depends on how well people learn from and apply the lessons from its past. That's why everyone involved in early education needs this timely, forward-thinking book from the leader of Head Start. The first book to capture the Head Start debates in all their complexity and diversity, this landmark volume brings together the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, School Readiness, Social Work, Parent Participation
