Fact Sheet Public Expenditures on Children through 2008
Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Julia B. Isaacs, Adam Kent, Tracy Vericker
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Key facts are highlighted from several Urban Institute and Brookings Institution reports on public expenditures on children through 2008. Findings reveal that spending on children increased under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and other stimulus spending, but not proportionately to other federal spending. As ARRA expires, spending on children is projected to decline, assuming no change in current policies. Results also show that states and localities spent more money than the federal government did on children in 2004, except when it came to the youngest children, and that overall public investment (local, state, and federal) increases as children get older.

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Research Areas Children and youth
Tags Children's budget
Policy Centers Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population