Michigan Budget Resources:
- Supporting Adult Skill-Building and Family Literacy in the Michigan State Budget (5/23)
- Supporting Stable Housing for Youth in the Michigan State Budget (5/23)
- Supporting Quality Child Care in the Michigan State Budget (5/23)
- Supporting a Healthy Start in the Michigan State Budget (5/23)
- Michigan Governor’s FY24 Budget Proposal:
Key Wins and Missed Opportunities for Children, Youth, and Families (2/23) - Advocates Guide to the Michigan State Budget Process in 2023 (2/23)
- The FY23 Michigan State Budget (7/22)
- Supporting Adult Skill-Building and Family Literacy in the Michigan State Budget (5/22)
- Supporting Strong Families and Successful Transitions in the Michigan State Budget: Stable Housing for Youth and Families (5/22)
- Supporting Thriving Students in Michigan: Afterschool and Summer Learning (5/22)
- Ensuring Successful Foster Care Transitions in the Michigan State Budget (5/22)
- Supporting a Healthy Start in the Michigan State Budget (5/22)
- Supporting Quality Child Care in the Michigan State Budget (5/22)
- Navigating Tax Reform in Michigan: How Current Proposals Would Affect Working Families (3/22)
- Michigan Governor’s FY23 Budget Proposal (2/22)
- Advocates Guide to the Michigan State Budget Process in 2022 (2/22)
- The FY22 Michigan State Budget (9/21)
- The FY 2021-22 Michigan School Aid Budget (7/21)
Federal Budget Resources:
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- Michigan’s Playbook for Immediate Federal Action for Families in a New Session (1/21)
- Federal COVID-19 Relief and FY21 Budget Agreement Finally Reached (12/20)
- Summer 2020 Federal COVID Priorities for Michigan Children, Youth, Families (5/20)
- What’s There, What’s Missing: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (3/20)
- Stabilizing Children, Youth, and Families in the Federal Coronavirus Response (3/20)
- Ensuring Health and Safety in the FY21 Federal Budget, Letter to Our Delegation (3/20)
- Letters to the U.S. Senate and House during FY20 Federal Budget negotiations
The annual budget, which decides how our state and federal governments spend our tax dollars, is the single most powerful expression of our governments’ priorities. While there are many competing interests and finite resources, changes in tax policies and in the spending of state revenues can potentially change the odds for children and families who are already facing challenges. Priorities should targeted closing equity gaps that begin early and accumulate over a lifetime. We focus most of our energy to impact state budget discussions, but federal resources are also critical and Michigan relies heavily on the resources that come from Washington to serve the most vulnerable among us.
After a tumultuous process between the Governor and the Legislature for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 (FY20), which began on October 1, 2019, and ends September 30, 2020, discussions for the next budget year, FY21, have begun. It is important that we help legislators understand that critical programs for children, youth and families are neither pork nor partisan, and to encourage them to work together to utilize state funding in a way that benefits the most vulnerable among us.
We take our budget priorities from what we know to be proven plays for Michigan’s Children. Click the image to see our Playbook