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The Budget Basics series are short fact sheets on budget issues, the budget process, and legislative actions on the annual state budget.

March 2010 

The Governor's Proposed Fiscal Year 2011 State Budget: Highlights of Recommendations Affecting Young Children (3/1/10) 

Michigan's Commitment to its Youngest Citizens: Reality or Rhetoric? Trends in State Spending on Services for Young Children (3/1/10)

February 2010

The Budget Process in Michigan: Opportunities to Advocate for Children and Families (2/25/10)

Governor Granholm Releases FY 2011 Budget (2/11/10) 

November 2009

A Call to Action:  Michigan's Next Generation Jeopardized (11/12/09)

Update on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget: Services for Children and Families (11/2/09)

October 2009

UPDATED: Update on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget: Services for Children and Families (10/9/09)

Update on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget: Services for Children and Families (10/2/09) 

September 2009

Budget Update: Services for Children and Families (9/29/09)

State Budget Cannot Be Balanced on the Backs of Vulnerable Children and Families (9/2/09)

July 2009

Senate and House Complete Their Versions of the Department of Human Services Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (7/2/09) 

June 2009

Children in Peril: The Impact of Michigan's Fiscal Crisis On the State's Most Vulnerable Children (06/23/09)

Senate Appropriations Committee Completes its Version of the K-12 School Aid Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (6/19/09) 

Senate Appropriations Committee Completes its Version of the Department of Community Health Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (6/19/09)

May 2009

House and Senate Appropriations Committees Adopt Governor's Executive Order with Deep Cuts in Services for Children and Families (5/5/09)

April 2009

Senate Appropriations Committee Completes its Version of the Department of Human Services Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (04/08/09)

The Michigan House Passes its Version of the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 K-12 School Aid Budget (04/07/09)

House Appropriations Committee Completes its Version of the Department of Community Health Budget Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (04/07/09)

UPDATED: Senate Subcommittee on the Department of Human Services Budget Completes its Version of the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Budget (04/07/09) 

March 2009

House Subcommittee on DCH Completes its Version of the FY 2009-10 Budget (3/27/09)

Senate Subcommittee on DHS Completes Its Version of the FY 2009-10 Budget (3/24/09)

Senate Subcommittee Will Finish Work on its Version of the 2009-10 DHS Budget This Week (3/17/09)

UPDATED -  The Budget Process in Michigan: Opportunities to Advocate for Children and Fmailies (3/17/09)  

February 2009

The Governor’s Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Budget: The Impact on Children and Families in Michigan (2/24/09)

Governor Granholm Releases FY 2010 Budget With Deep Cuts in Services for Children and Families (2/13/09)

July 2008

The 2009 State Budget: How Will It Affect Your Community and Its Children? (7/31/08)

Conference Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2009 Budget for K-12 Education (7/17/08)

The 2009 State Budget: How Will it Affect Your Community and its Children And Why Should You Get Involved? (7/3/08)

Conference Committees Approve Fiscal Year 2009 Budgets For Human Services and Community Health (7/3/08)

June 2008

House Approves Fiscal Year 2009 K-12 School Aid Budget (6/11/08)

The 2009 State Budget: How Will It Affect Your Community and Its Children and Why Should You Get Involved? (6/11/08)

House Approves 2008-2009 Community Health Budget: DCH Budget Now Moves to a Joint House/Senate Conference Committee (6/9/08)

House Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2009 K-12 School Aid Budget (6/5/08)

The Fiscal Year 2009 Budget for the Department of Human Services Approved by the Michigan Senate (6/4/08)

May 2008

The 2009 State Budget: How Will it Affect Your Neighborhood and its Children And Why Should You Get Involved? (5/27/08)

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Health Restores the Healthy Michigan Fund and Medicaid Coverage for Young Adults (5/20/08)

The Fiscal Year 2009 DHS Budget Continues to be Debated in the Senate (5/8/09)

The 2009 State Budget and How It Will Affect Your Neighborhood and Children (5/1/08)

April 2008
The Michigan Senate Passes Its Version of the Fiscal Year 2009 K-12 School Aid Budget (4/22/08)

The House Appropriations Subcommittee for the Department of Human Services Makes Recommendations for FY 2009 (4/21/08)

March 2008
Senate Appropriations Votes to End Medicaid Coverage for Young Adults, Cut Prevention Programs (3/24/08)
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for DCH Approves Its Version of the Fiscal Year 2009 Community Health Budget (3/17/08)
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for K-12 School Aid Approves Its Version of the Fiscal Year 2009 Education Budget (3/12/08)
February 2008
The Governor's Fiscal Year 2008-2009 State Budget: A Summary of Recommendations Affecting Children and Families (2/11/08)
UPDATE: Michigan's Commitment to Children - Rhetoric or Reality? Trends in State Spending on Services for Children and Families (2/5/08)

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January 2008
The Budget Process in Michigan: Opportunities to Advocate for Children and Families (1/17/08)

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