Michigan Budget Resources:
- FY21 State Budget Supplemental – More Work Needed for Families (12/20)
- What’s There, What’s Missing for Children, Youth, and Families in the FY21 State Budget (9/20)
- A Budget That Supports Our Most Vulnerable (9/2)
- Final FY20 Supplemental: Missed Opportunities (7/27)
- What’s Still Needed in Michigan’s CARES Act Decisions (7/9)
- CARES Act Discretionary Funding Priorities for Education (5/12)
- State Opportunities to Maximize CARES Act Funding (4/17)
- Supporting Family Literacy (3/16)
- Thriving Students Afterschool Budget (2/20)
- Governor’s FY21 Budget Recommendations: Early Look (2/20)
- Successful Youth Transitions RHY Budget Basics (2/20)
- Supplemental for Children, Youth and Families (10/19)
- The Fiscal Year 2020 Budget – October Update
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 (3/31)
- Stabilizing Children, Youth, and Families in the Federal Coronavirus Response (3/18)
- Ensuring Health and Safety in the FY21 Federal Budget, Letter to Our Delegation (3/18)
- 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