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Press Releases

  1. The Senate & House Budgets from a Children’s Perspective [March 20, 2013]
  2. MEDIA ADVISORY: Children & the Federal Budget [March 19, 2013]
  3. House Fiscal Cliff Bills Would Increase Child Poverty [December 20, 2012]
  4. Sequestration would make deep cuts to U.S. kids [September 14, 2012]
  5. Census Data Shows Congress Can Protect Children from Recession: Family Tax Credits, Health Care, and Anti-Poverty Investments Critical, Advocates Say [September 12, 2012]
  6. House Votes to Raise Taxes on Children and Families [August 2, 2012]
  7. Children’s Share of Federal Budget Decreasing, Report Finds [June 27, 2012]
  8. Protect Investments in Child Nutrition, Advocacy Group Tells Senate Committee [April 26, 2012]
  9. House Budget Would Cost Children Billions, New Analysis Shows [March 27, 2012]
  10. New Analysis Shows Obama Budget Continues to Invest in America's Children [February 15, 2012]
  11. Child Poverty in Two Nations: The UK Tackled the Problem, the US Ignored the Crisis [June 16, 2011]
  12. Ryan Budget Threatens Tax Relief for Low-Income Families [April 20, 2011]
  13. Nearly 400 National, State and Local Organizations Urge House Leaders to Hold Children Harmless in FY 2012 Budget Resolution [April 14, 2011]
  14. CHIP FUNDING SLASHED IN 2011 BUDGET COMPROMISE [April 13, 2011]
  15. Leading Children’s Organizations Urge Budget Committee to Hold Children Harmless in FY 2012 Budget Resolution [April 8, 2011]
  16. Ryan Budget Cuts CHIP and Medicaid, Risks the Health of America’s Children [April 7, 2011]
  17. Tax Deal Produces Short-term Aid for Families, Long-term Burden for the Next Generation [December 17, 2010]
  18. Schools Continue to Experience Increased Enrollment of Homeless Students [July 27, 2010]
  19. Two New Reports Reveal Short-Term Gains, But Long-Term Challenges, for Children’s Programs in the Federal Budget [July 14, 2010]
  20. MEDIA ADVISORY: First Focus to Hold Children's Budget Summit [July 12, 2010]
  21. First Focus Urges Immediate Action on “Kid-Fix” Legislation [July 1, 2010]
  22. New Bill Introduced to Call Attention to Federal Investments in Children [April 23, 2010]
  23. Senate Fails Again to Support Working Families [April 21, 2010]
  24. Children Squeezed Out of Federal Budget [September 17, 2009]
  25. First Focus Calls Senate Budget Draft a Step Forward for Children [September 17, 2009]
  26. Senate Budget Amendment Gutting Children's Health Insurance Fails [September 17, 2009]
  27. Congressional Budget Office Confirms That Bush Tax Plan is A Bad Deal for American Children [September 17, 2009]
  28. New Report Indicates Bush Tax Credit Proposal is Bad for America’s Children and Families [September 17, 2009]
  29. Rangel Tax Measure is a Positive First Step for Kids [September 15, 2009]
  30. House Committee Approves Tax Package to Assist Nearly 13 Million Low-Income Children And Families [September 15, 2009]
  31. First Focus Urges Congress to Address Child Tax Credit During AMT Debate [September 14, 2009]
  32. Congress Enacts AMT Modifications Without Child Tax Credit [September 14, 2009]
  33. Election 2008: Candidates Need Child-Friendly Economic Stimulus Plans [September 14, 2009]
  34. Reports Indicate Stimulus Package will Benefit Children and Families [September 14, 2009]
  35. Bush’s 2009 Budget Falls Heavily on Kids [September 14, 2009]
  36. 2009 Congressional Budgets Have Positive Implications for Children [September 14, 2009]
  37. House Approves Child-Friendly Tax Bill [September 14, 2009]
  38. Federal Spending Continues to Shortchange Kids [September 11, 2009]
  39. New Reports Exposing Woeful Trend for Children in the Federal Budget [September 11, 2009]
  40. Children’s Budget Act Receives Outpouring of Support from Leading National Organizations [September 11, 2009]

In the News

  1. Will the President Choose Kids Again? [February 8, 2012]
  2. Medicaid may be a better target for cuts than Medicare [May 9, 2011]
  3. New poll shows strong resistance to cutting children's programs [April 26, 2011]
  4. GOP budget bill slashes CHIP program [April 11, 2011]
  5. Winning the Future for Our Kids [January 28, 2011]
  6. Deficit Reduction: Not at the Cost of Our Children [January 28, 2011]
  7. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What the 2010 Children's Budget Tells Us [January 25, 2011]
  8. First Focus Releases Children’s Budget 2010 [January 24, 2011]
  9. First Focus: Children’s Budget 2010 [January 24, 2011]
  10. Kids Share 2010 Finds Children Losing Fair Share of Federal Budget [January 24, 2011]
  11. New Reports Predict Downturn in Federal Funding for Children [July 14, 2010]
  12. Obama Wants More Education Money in Economic Stimulus Package [May 6, 2010]
  13. Spending on Children Is Up, but Mandatory Programs Devour Increases [May 6, 2010]

Top of Our List

  1. Just Plane Crazy: Congress Protects FAA, Not Kids [April 26, 2013]
  2. Earned Income Tax Credit: a popular program giving millions of families something to look forward to after tax day [April 24, 2013]
  3. Help Protect Our Kids [March 1, 2013]
  4. What do those “other budgets” mean for kids? [March 28, 2012]
  5. King Solomon and the Debt Deal [August 4, 2011]
  6. What will be the impact to children and families if we do not raise the debt ceiling? [July 14, 2011]
  7. Let Them Eat Horses? [June 20, 2011]
  8. Early Childhood Programming and the 2011 Budget - Part II [June 3, 2011]
  9. A Guide to the 2011 Appropriations and Budget Process - Part I [May 31, 2011]
  10. Our Taxes, Our Choices [April 18, 2011]
  11. What the President’s Budget Means for Kids [February 18, 2011]
  12. Winning the Future for Our Kids [January 28, 2011]
  13. The Will of the House? [January 25, 2011]
  14. Where the Economy and Education Meet [January 18, 2011]
  15. New Report Shows Recovery Funding Steadied Health Coverage for Kids [January 13, 2011]
  16. Families Count in the Pentagon Budget [January 4, 2011]
  17. 2010 Kids Policy Roundup [December 23, 2010]
  18. Kids & Families Wait as Congress Settles for a CR [December 21, 2010]
  19. Children's Budget Prorities and the Continuing Resolution [September 30, 2010]

Events

  1. Briefing - Investing in the Future: Kids and the Federal Budget [March 11, 2013]
  2. National EITC Awareness Day Congressional Briefing [January 16, 2013]
  3. Children's Budget Summit 2012 [May 9, 2012]
  4. Game Change – Health Reform Allows Enrollment in Other Benefits to Leapfrog [September 17, 2010]

Library Items: Reports

  1. Children's Budget 2013 [March 20, 2013]
  2. Big Idea: Stop Taxing the Poor [September 24, 2012]
  3. Children, Southwestern States, and the Federalism Problem [September 24, 2012]
  4. Kids' Share 2011 [July 19, 2011]
  5. Children's Budget 2011 [July 19, 2011]
  6. Protecting Children in Tough Economic Times: What Can the United States Learn from Britain? [June 16, 2011]
  7. A Critical Moment: Child & Youth Homelessness in Our Nation's Schools [July 27, 2010]
  8. Kids' Share 2010: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2009 [July 13, 2010]
  9. Children's Budget 2010 [July 13, 2010]
  10. Children's Budget 2009 [March 15, 2010]
  11. How Capping the Tax Exclusion May Disproportionately Burden Children & Families [March 15, 2010]
  12. History of U.S. Children's Policy [March 15, 2010]
  13. Kids' Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children through 2008 [March 15, 2010]
  14. The Federal Budget: Looking Ahead to 2009 [March 15, 2010]
  15. The Child Tax Credit Gap: A Snapshot of Families Left Out [March 15, 2010]
  16. Kids' Share 2008 [March 15, 2010]
  17. Children's Budget 2008 [March 15, 2010]
  18. The Cost of Doing Nothing [March 15, 2010]
  19. An Improved Child Tax Credit: Good for the Economy, Good for Kids [March 15, 2010]
  20. Effective Healthcare Reform Starts with a Tax Fix [March 15, 2010]
  21. Priority of Afterthought? Children and the Federal Budget [March 15, 2010]
  22. Kids' Share 2007 [March 15, 2010]
  23. Cost-Effective Investments in Children [March 15, 2010]

Library Items: Fact Sheets

  1. Housing for Children in the President's FY2014 Budget [April 29, 2013]
  2. Child Nutrition in the President’s FY 2014 Budget [April 26, 2013]
  3. Education in the President’s FY 2014 Budget [April 26, 2013]
  4. Children's Health in the President's 2014 Budget [April 19, 2013]
  5. The President's 2014 Budget [April 11, 2013]
  6. Senate Budget Much Better for Kids than House [March 20, 2013]
  7. Kids Lose Billions With Sequester [February 11, 2013]
  8. What Does the Fiscal Cliff Deal Mean for Kids? [January 14, 2013]
  9. Fiscal Cliff Could Plunge Millions of Kids into Poverty [December 18, 2012]
  10. Kids Lose Billions with Sequester [August 24, 2012]
  11. Making Children a Priority in the 2012 Tax Debate [August 1, 2012]
  12. Energy and Commerce Reconciliation Package Targets CHIP and Medicaid, Risks the Health of America's Children [May 2, 2012]
  13. House Budget Forces Deeper Cuts to Child Tax Credit, Child Care, and Child Welfare [April 20, 2012]
  14. House Budget Committee Plan Ends Kids Coverage as We Know It [March 27, 2012]
  15. House Budget Committee Proposal Jeopardizes Billions in Children's Funding [March 26, 2012]
  16. Income Support in the President’s FY 2013 Budget [March 7, 2012]
  17. The President's 2013 Budget [February 15, 2012]
  18. The Important Role of the Child Tax Credit in Reducing Child Poverty [December 9, 2011]
  19. Fiscal Year 2012 Labor, HHS, & Education Appropriations: A Side-by-Side Comparison [October 13, 2011]
  20. Impact of the Debt Ceiling Agreement on Child Health Programs [September 15, 2011]
  21. Chairman Ryan’s Budget: Tax Implications for Children & Families [April 18, 2011]
  22. Cutting Spending for Children will Not Fix Our Budget Problems [April 7, 2011]
  23. Impact of the President’s FY 2012 Budget Request on Early Childhood Programs [February 25, 2011]
  24. Impact of the President's FY 2012 Budget Request on K-12 Programs [February 25, 2011]
  25. Impact of the President's FY 2012 Budget Request on Child Welfare Programs [February 23, 2011]
  26. Impact of the President’s FY 2012 Budget Request on Income Support Programs [February 22, 2011]
  27. Impact of the President’s FY 2012 Budget Request on Children's Housing Programs [February 22, 2011]
  28. Impact of the President's FY 2012 Budget Request on Child Nutrition Programs [February 22, 2011]
  29. Cuts Will Impact Kids [February 18, 2011]
  30. Impact of the President’s FY 2012 Budget Request on Children’s Health Programs [February 17, 2011]
  31. At a Glance: Kids in the President's 2012 Budget [February 17, 2011]
  32. Kids Could Face and Even Bigger Funding Cliff in Fiscal Year 2011 [December 17, 2010]
  33. What the Tax Compromise Means for Children and Working Families [December 17, 2010]
  34. Key Findings: Children's Budget 2009 [March 18, 2010]
  35. Improving the Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit [March 18, 2010]
  36. At A Glance: Kids in the Presidents' 2010 Budget [March 17, 2010]
  37. Stimulus Increases Federal Funding to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance [March 17, 2010]
  38. At a Glance: Kids in the Presidents' 2011 Budget [March 17, 2010]
  39. Children in the 2009 Budget: US House of Representatives Omnibus [March 17, 2010]
  40. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit [March 17, 2010]
  41. Key Findings: Children's Budget 2008 [March 17, 2010]
  42. Family Tax Policies: What They Are and Why They Matter [March 17, 2010]

Library Items: Legislative Comparisons

  1. The President's 2014 Budget [April 11, 2013]
  2. A Side-by-Side Comparison: Child Related Provisions in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act [March 23, 2010]

Library Items: Polling and Opinion Research

  1. National Survey Key Findings: Protecting Children's Programs in the Federal Budget [April 26, 2011]
  2. Poll Results: Protecting Children's Programs in the Federal Budget [April 26, 2011]

Library Items: Advertisements

  1. Off to a Good Start [March 17, 2010]
  2. Vote for Me (Emily) [March 17, 2010]
  3. Vote for Me (Jacob) [March 17, 2010]
  4. Looking for Growth? [March 17, 2010]
  5. Leaving Them Shortchanged [March 17, 2010]

Library Items: Letters and Correspondence

  1. Fiscal Cliff "Plan B" Letter to House Members [December 20, 2012]
  2. April 13, 2011: Letter to Speaker Boehner, Minority Leader Pelosi, Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Van Hollen [April 14, 2011]
  3. April 7, 2011: Letter to Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Van Hollen [April 8, 2011]
  4. January 22, 2009: Letter to the US Senate [March 23, 2010]
  5. July 28, 2008: Letter to the U.S. Senate [March 23, 2010]
  6. May 19, 2008: Letter to Senate Finance Committee [March 23, 2010]

Library Items: Messaging Resources

  1. Strategic Messaging: Making Children a National Priority [April 29, 2010]

Advertisements

  1. Let's Protect Our Children [January 11, 2013]

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