Kids’ Share 2012 – Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2011 – Julia Isaacs, Katherine Toran, Heather Hahn, Karina Fortuny, C. Eugene Steuerle. Urban Institute
“…looks comprehensively at trends over the past 50 years in federal spending and tax expenditures on children. Key findings suggest that the size and composition of expenditures on children have changed considerably, but children have not been a budget priority. In 2011, federal outlays on children fell for the first time since the early 1980s, dropping from $378 billion in 2010 to $376 billion. Over the next decade, outlays on children are projected to decline from 10 to 8 percent of the federal budget.”
