This report from First Focus is a road map for the Children's
Budget Bill in Congress (as of July 2008). Only one penny of every new, non-defense
dollar spent by the federal government has gone to children and children's programs.
Since the 1960s, the share of spending on kids has dropped 23 percent.
Kids' Share 2008. From the Urban Institute and the New America Foundation, this report
looks at trends in federal spending and tax expenditures on children and finds that
kids have historically not been a budget priority. In 2007, children's spending did not
keep pace with GDP growth and will continue to be squeezed in the next decade unless
policies change.

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