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Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget (PDF)
By Adam Carasso, Jennifer Macomber, Gillian Reynolds, C. Eugene Steuerle, Tracy Vericker
June 24, 2008

Summary: This report indicates that children are a diminishing priority in the Federal budget. If current spending and revenue policies continue, the children’s share of gross domestic product will decline from 2.6 percent in FY 2007 to 2.2 percent in FY 2018, while Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will rise from 7.9 to 9.6 percent. Within the children’s budget, spending has shifted increasingly away from broad-based middle-class supports and toward means-tested programs targeted to poor or disabled children. Of the major children’s spending categories, only health, which grew 4.5 percent in real terms from 2006 to 2007, gained ground relative to the economy. Education, which fell 2.1 percent, in real terms, lost the most ground.

Index Terms: Budget Reports, Federal Funding, Programs, Tax Credits, Working Families, Funding, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Publisher: Urban Institute and New American Foundation

Sponsoring Institution (or Funding Source): Funding First Focus and Annie E. Casey Foundation

Publication Type: Reports (Descriptive)

Pages: 40 pages
Language: English
URL: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411699_kids_share_08_report.pdf

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Washington, District of Columbia 20037
202-833-7200
FAX: 202-833-7200
http://www.urban.org/

 
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