Rethinking Public Investments in America's Children
The Foundation for Child Development has released its 2010 Annual Report, Securing Our Future? Rethinking Public Investments in America’s Children. In the annual essay, Ruby Takanishi and Lisa Chen make a case for a greater investment in our children’s future. Less than ten percent of the Fiscal Year 2010 federal budget of $3.603 trillion is allocated to children and youth. That number is projected to decline.
The Urban Institute and The Brookings Institution released three reports providing first-time analyses of federal investments in children, based on their age groupings.
