The federal government funds over 180 different children’s programs, from child health and education to child welfare and juvenile justice. In an effort to better track and calculate the federal government’s investment in children, First Focus created Children’s Budget. This annual publication is the sole source of consistent child-specific federal budget analysis, detailing how federal programs that impact children fare each year in the president’s budget and the congressional appropriations process.
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The online companion to the Children’s Budget series, www.ChildrensBudget.org provides a dynamic and customizable element to the budget data. In addition to manipulating a variety of search functions, visitors can view dynamic graphs that display how funding has changed over time, compare categories of funding with ease, and download fact sheets about specific programs of interest.
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