Budget and Appropriations

Background & Audio Briefings
Background on Budget and Appropriations
Audio Briefings

Appropriations Funding Resources

CHN: Human Needs Programs Have Been Shrinking For Years; The President Cuts Far More Deeply (Compares FY 05, FY 08, FY 09) (2/7/08)
CHN: Selected FY 2009 Human Needs Appropriations - Bush Budget Cuts Most Services Dramatically Below Current Levels (2/5/08)
The Workforce Alliance: Federal Funding for Key Job Training, Vocational Education and Employment Programs During the Bush Administration (FY 2002- FY 2009) (February 2008)
CHN: FY08 Labor-HHS-Ed Appropriations: Comparisons between Final bill and the President's Request (revised 1/31/08)

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State Data

House Budget Committee: What’s at Stake:  A State-By-State Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget (2/4/08)
National Priorities Project: The President's Budget Fiscal Year 2009: Impact on the States (February 2008)
The Workforce Alliance: Effects of 2009 Budget Request on Total WIA State by State Funding and Recipients (February 2008)
CHN: Leaving Out Millions Whose Spending Would Spur the Economy (revised 1/28/08)
Depth of Poverty by State, 2006 (9/4/07)
State Poverty by Race/Ethnicity, 2006 (9/7/07)
Percent of Household Income Spent on Rent, 2006 (9/12/07)

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Latest News
Over 80 National Organizations Sign Letter Urging Congress to Maximize Funding for Human Needs in Final Budgte Resolution (3/31/08)
HNR: Final Agreement on the Budget Awaits Congress’ Return (3/21/08)
HNR: House and Senate Committees Pass Budgets (3/7/08)
ECAP: Federal Budget Must Respond to Pressing Needs (3/3/08)

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Policy Analyses and Research
First Focus: Children's Budget 2008
CBPP: Claim that Congressional Budget Plans Call for "Largest Tax Increase in History" is Inaccurate (3/7/08)
CBPP: Federal Spending, 2001 to 2008: Defense Is a Rapidly Growing Share of the Budget,
While Domestic Appropriations Have Shrunk (3/6/08)
CHN: The President's Last Budget - Upside Down Priorities (February 2008)

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Government Resources
House Budget Committee: What’s at Stake:  A State-By-State Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget (2/4/08)

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The Opportunity for All Campaign - a budget campaign of the Coalition on Human Needs

CHN: We Can Stop A Bad Budget -- If You Call Your Representative (3/30/06)
CHN: 1,200 National, State and Local Organizations Sign Letter to Congress Opposing Cuts in Human Needs Programs to Give Tax Breaks to Millionaires (3/14/06)
CHN: Guide to the FY 2007 Budget: What's At Stake for Human Needs (3/7/06)
CHN: The President's Scandalous Budget (2/8/06)
CHN: Making It Real: How To Talk About the Impact Of Federal Budget Cuts On the People of Your State (2/2/06)

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