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Government Spending on Babies is Not Meeting Their Needs, Say Advocates
Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, which fund nearly half of spending on children under 3, contributed to a nearly 20% federal budget decline from FY2021 to FY2025, reports First Focus on Children.
- In FY2025, First Focus on Children reported only 1.59% of federal spending supported children under 3, a nearly 20% drop since FY2021.
- Following expirations of key programs, the decline was driven by the fully refundable Child Tax Credit, the expanded Child Care and Development Block Grant, and the Child Care Stabilization Fund.
- Combined policy steps including the FY2026 proposal and reconciliation package passed this summer slashes more than $60 billion from babies' Medicaid and more than $13 billion from their SNAP share, which feeds roughly 16 million children.
- Medicaid and SNAP account for nearly half of federal spending on infants, so cuts in these programs disproportionately affect babies' health and nutrition, shaping development during the prenatal period and first three years.
- The year ahead does not promise to turn things around, and advocates say every budget line reflects a choice for Congress and the Administration.
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Government Spending on Babies is Not Meeting Their Needs, Say Advocates
(StatePoint) Early experiences during the prenatal period and first three years after birth shape brain development and the development of all other systems in the body — with substantial effects on learning, behavior, and physical and mental health. Unfortunately, there…
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