Fiscal Accountability

Children’s Budgets and Fiscal Maps
Dedicated Funding Streams for Children and Youth

Children’s Budgets and Fiscal Maps

Children’s Funding Project’s fiscal map tool for analyzing public spending at the local and state levels. state or federal level

Local

Denver, Colorado Inventory of investments in children and youth
New Orleans, Louisiana Fiscal Map of investments in children and youth
San Antonio, Texas Fiscal Map of financial investments in youth

State

Minnesota Children’s Fiscal Map provides fiscal information on state programs that serve children and youth
Alaska Children’s Budget documents how Alaskans choose to spend their financial resources related to children, youth, and families.
Funding Virginia’s Future: Fiscal Map of Children’s Supports in Virginia FY20

Federal

First Focus, Children’s Budget 2021 (2021)
Urban Institute’s Kids’ Share 2021: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2020 and Future Projections (2021) is the 15th edition of an annual report that analyzes federal spending on children from 1960 until the present. These reports also project the proportion of federal expenditures spent on children in the future.
Children’s Budget Coalition works to ensure that children and families are the priority in federal policy and budget decisions.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Budgeting for the Next Generation: Does the Budget Process Prioritize Children? (2018)
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Budgeting for the Next Generation: Options to Improve Budgeting for Children (2018)

Dedicated Funding Streams for Children and Youth

Examples of communities working toward dedicated funding streams for children and youth.

Examples of communities in California working toward dedicated funding streams for children and youth.

Children’s Funding Project’s resources related to supporting communities and states expand equitable opportunities for children and youth through strategic public financing
Children’s Funding Project’s resources related to ensuing children and youth get their fair share of American Rescue Plan dollars
Funding the Next Generation, Creating Local Dedicated Funding Streams: A Guide to Planning a Local Initiative to Fund Services for Children, Youth and their Families (2018)
The Children’s Trust’s The Billion Dollar Bet On A Community’s Future: How the Children’s Trust persuaded the 2.4 million residents of Florida’s largest county to tax themselves during an economic downturn examines and analyzes the planning and implementation of a campaign in Miami-Dade County to reauthorize hundreds of programs that serve children in the areas of health care, education, and safety.
The Children’s Trust’s The Billion Dollar Bet On A Community’s Future: How the Children’s Trust persuaded the 2.4 million residents of Florida’s largest county to tax themselves during an economic downturn examines and analyzes the planning and implementation of a campaign in Miami-Dade County to reauthorize hundreds of programs that serve children in the areas of health care, education, and safety.
Funding Our Future: Generating State and Local Tax Revenue for Quality Early Care and Education
Prioritizing Our Future: How Cities and States Dedicate Funds for Early Care and Education
Prioritizing Our Future: How Cities and States Dedicate Funds for Early Care and Education
State-Enabling Legislation for Children’s Special Taxing Districts
Funding Brighter Futures: How Local Governments are Enhancing Investments in Kids