Research Report Kids’ Share 2016:Federal Expenditures on Children through 2015 and Future Projections
Sara Edelstein, Heather Hahn, Julia B. Isaacs, Ellen Steele, C. Eugene Steuerle
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Kids’ Share 2016: Federal Expenditures on Children through 2015, a 10th annual report, looks comprehensively at federal spending and tax expenditures on children. Federal spending on children has remained fairly flat over the past four years, in real dollars. Broader budgetary forces will restrict spending on children over the next 10 years, despite an overall projected growth of over $1.5 trillion in federal spending. Over the next decade, outlays on children are projected to decline from 10 to 8 percent of the federal budget.

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Research Areas Families Social safety net Taxes and budgets Children and youth
Tags Welfare and safety net programs Economic well-being State programs, budgets Kids in context Children's budget
Policy Centers Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population