Analyses, briefs, fact sheets and other materials to help policymakers and the public understand the issues that impact our nation’s children.
As the COVID-19 emergency has receded, so has our nation’s commitment to children. Children’s Budget 2023 finds that U.S....
Children’s Budget 2022, released today, finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98%...
The 2021 Children’s Budget book, released on November 3rd, 2021, finds that COVID funding fueled the largest year-to-year increase...
About Children’s Budget 2020: First Focus on Children is proud to introduce the 14th annual release of its signature...
First Focus is proud to announce the release of Children’s Budget 2018, which captures and analyzes historical funding data and...
Children are receiving less than 8 percent of the federal budget—and this share fell 5.5 percent between 2014 and...
Federal spending dedicated to children represents just 7.83 percent of the federal budget in fiscal year 2016 and total...
The federal government makes more than 200 distinct investments in children. These include traditional children’s initiatives like education and child...
The federal government makes more than 180 distinct investments in children. These include traditional “children’s” initiatives, like education and...