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December 13, 2012
Investing in What Works for Children in Tough Fiscal Times |
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Earlier this fall, Child Trends hosted the 6th Annual Kristin Anderson Moore Lecture, Common Ground: A Roadmap to Investing in What Works for Children in Tough Fiscal Times.
The 2012 Lecture drew attention to the implications of the nation's
debt for children in an effort to identify ways that the deficit
reduction would not harm but might actually benefit children and
families and programs that serve them. A new brief based on the event,
entitled Common Ground: A Roadmap to Investing in What Works for Children in Tough Fiscal Times, summarizes
remarks made by Kristin Moore and key points made by a panel of three
experts: Patrick McCarthy, President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation,
C. Eugene Steuerle, the Richard B. Fisher Chair and Institute Fellow at
the Urban Institute, and Mindy Levit, an Analyst in Public Finance at
the Congressional Research Service.
Among the central conclusions of the panelists:
- Recent
budgets have led to an "incredible shrinking budget for children and
working families," despite rhetoric acknowledging that children are
crucial to our nation's future.
- While
decision makers may be gridlocked, budget experts agree on many of the
fundamental changes needed to reduce the deficit on a long-term basis.
- Children - and programs that help children - stand to be among the greatest beneficiaries of long-term deficit reduction.
- Many
evidence-based programs and approaches are being developed that are
effective for children and a good investment for the nation.
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and read our latest post,
Is There A Rainbow for Children Behind the Fiscal Cloud?
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