{"id":343,"date":"2009-09-30T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T01:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstfocus.org\/issues\/federal-budget\/childrens-budget-2009\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T19:37:30","slug":"childrens-budget-2009","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/firstfocus.org\/resource\/childrens-budget-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Budget 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/firstfocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Childrens-Budget-2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3957\" src=\"https:\/\/firstfocus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Childrens-Budget-2009.jpg\" alt=\"Childrens Budget 2009\" width=\"190\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a>The federal government funds over 180 different children\u2019s programs, from child health and education to child welfare and juvenile justice. Children\u2019s Budget 2009 is a comprehensive guide to all federal spending on children and an invaluable resource for all those seeking to improve the lives of America\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Children\u2019s Budget includes a special analysis of investments in children provided through the economic recovery package, known as the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). Within the $787 billion ARRA package, almost $144 billion went to children\u2019s programs. This investment accounted for 18 percent of ARRA spending, a significant increase for America\u2019s children. In fact, Children\u2019s Budget 2009 reveals that all other federal spending on children accounts for less than ten percent of the entire non-defense budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The key findings of Children\u2019s Budget 2009 include: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the past five years, less than one nickel out of every new, real non-defense dollar spent by the federal government has gone to children and children\u2019s programs.<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s spending makes up less than ten percent of the entire non-defense budget.<\/li>\n<li>The overall share of federal, non-defense spending going to children\u2019s programs has dropped by twelve percent over the past five years.<\/li>\n<li>Real discretionary spending on children has declined by one percent since 2005, while at the same time all other non-defense discretionary spending has increased by 4 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government funds over 180 different children\u2019s programs, from child health and education to child welfare and juvenile justice. Children\u2019s Budget 2009 is a comprehensive guide to all federal spending on children and an invaluable resource for all those seeking to improve the lives of America\u2019s youth. This year, Children\u2019s Budget includes a special &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/firstfocus.org\/resource\/childrens-budget-2009\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[1546],"issue":[1513],"partner":[],"resource-type":[1535,1571],"staff":[1181],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Children&#039;s Budget 2009 | First Focus on Children<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal government funds over 180 different children\u2019s programs, from child health and education to child welfare and juvenile justice. 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