Aligning Resources and Results: The President's FY 2014 Budget

On Wednesday, April 10th, President Obama released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Budget , which outlines the administration’s policy agenda and ...

Senate Approves $80 Mil for Promise Neighborhoods

On June 14, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill, that includes $80 million for Promise Neighborhoods. This is a more than $2...

Aligning Resources with Results: President's FY 2013 Budget Proposal

On Monday, President Obama released his FY 2013 Budget . Each year, the president’s budget plays an important role in the national budget p...

Budget Series #3: A Look at the FY 2012 Budget Process

In our final post on the federal budget, we would like to reflect on the FY 2012 budget process and highlight key funding decisions that imp...

Budget Series #2: Understanding How Entitlement & Discretionary Funding Can Impact Your Community

Blog 2 of our federal budget series describes two key categories of the budget. Understanding the differences between these two types of f...

Budget Series #1: Federal Budget Basics

The federal budget, developed annually by the Executive and Legislative branches, has a huge impact on the programs, services and infrastruc...

Federal Investments in Children Decline

First Focus' Children's Budget 2011 offers a detailed breakdown on the FY 2011 budget's spending allocations for children. Pass...

New Web Tool for Education Budget Analysis at the National and District Level

The New America Foundation's Education Policy Program released the latest version of Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP), a website...

President Signs CR FY 2011

The long awaited FY 2011 Continuing Resolution ( H.R. 1473 ) was signed into law by President Obama last week. In a bipartisan effort, both ...

House Votes to Eliminate CNCS Funds from Budget

In today’s economic climate, Congress has had to consistently make difficult cuts in spending to address the budget crisis. Of particular ...

Federal Budget Update: CR until April 8

On March 18, 2011, President Obama signed legislation authorizing a three week continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through Apr...

Workforce Development Opportunities in the President’s FY 2012 Budget

A skilled workforce is critical to economic recovery. Now more than ever before, Americans are paying close attention to funding opportuniti...

Budget Update - Two Week Extension and House/Senate Proposals

As an update, on March 3rd H.J.Res 44 was signed by the President, providing an extension of federal funding through March 18. The resolutio...

All Eyes on Education: Obama’s 2012 Education Budget

Obama’s 2012 budget provides the U.S. Department of Education with a $77.4 billion education budget, a significant increase from the invest...