Find Children’s Data Related to Governor’s Budget Proposal
California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed his 2011-12 budget this week, which includes many cuts aimed at reducing the state’s deficit. Here’s a round-up of resources that explain the details of the budget’s impact on programs for children, along with links to related data on kidsdata.org. Know of other resources? Share them in the comments field below.
- This release from the California Budget Project offers specific breakdowns of cuts to child programs, including foster care (see data) and child care (see data). The release also notes cuts to the CalWORKs program. Kidsdata.org includes data on several measures of poverty, including child poverty, family income, and enrollment in the free/reduced price school lunch program.
- This article on HealthyCal.org outlines proposed cuts to the state’s health insurance programs, including Healthy Families. See data about health care for children in your area>>
- The Sacramento Bee published a summary of key points from the state budget proposal. The summary notes cuts to the state’s 21 regional centers that provide services to developmentally disabled Californians. See data about children with developmental disabilities and other special health care needs>>
- The California Department of Finance breaks out budget proposals by category. Here, you can view specific changes to budgets for K-12 education, health and human services, and realignment of some state programs to the county level. This realignment includes some juvenile justice programs. See data on juvenile arrests for your region>>
- The Los Angeles Times has created an interactive budget balancer tool. Try your hand at balancing the budget. Here’s a summary of all the newpaper’s budget coverage>>
- Read the full budget summary >>
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