Jared Solomon

Jared Solomon is the Senior Director of Budget Policy for First Focus. In this role, he is responsible for analyzing and monitoring the Federal Budget and appropriations process for its impact on kids. Follow him on Twitter at: www.twitter/jaredssolomon

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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

December 30, 2012

With New Year’s fast approaching, the “fiscal cliff” puts billions of dollars of critical investments for children at risk. If policy makers do nothing, millions of children could be pushed into poverty with the expiration of improvements to the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Families with an income of less than $50,000 could see their taxes go up by $1000 from just the changes to these and other tax credits. Sequestration, automatic across the board cuts to most areas of the government, will cut investments to kids by $6.4 billion in 2013 alone. Here are some of the real...

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February 8, 2012

President Obama’s Past Budgets Invest in Kids - Will the Positive Trend Continue in 2013? A detailed analysis of the last three budget requests reveals that President Obama has requested on average a nominal increase of 5.2% each year for children’s programs. 2011 saw by far the biggest proposed increase of more than 7%. This stands in stark contrast to the last requested budget by President Bush, which proposed a 3% decrease. For ease of comparison, these numbers only include programs on the discretionary side of the budget. Discretionary programs include things Congress decides to fund each...

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Family Economic Security Health Care

October 18, 2011

The recent release of the new census data should serve as a stark reminder to the 12 members of the Congressional “ Super Committee ” that our nation’s children are in crisis. Overall, the data revealed that the number of children living in poverty has risen to a record 16 million . That’s greater than the combined population of the 13 smallest states in the US and put together, it would rival the population of Florida . These numbers impact families of all races and all walks of life. While nationally the numbers are staggering, this trend is repeated in nearly every district and state...

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Health Care

July 20, 2011

According to the Treasury Department, on August 2, 2011, the United States Federal Government will officially hit the nation’s debt ceiling. While much has been discussed about the impact of a potential agreement to raise the debt ceiling, very little has been said about what would happen to children and families specifically if Congress and President Obama fail to raise the debt ceiling. To put it in a word, the effect would be catastrophic. If we hit our debt ceiling, the government would owe more per month than it brings in. Naturally, choices have to be made since there isn’t enough for...

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There’s Still Time to Keep Kids From Falling off the Cliff

Will the President Choose Kids Again?

With Child Poverty on the Rise, Can the Super Committee be Champions for our Kids?

What will be the impact to children and families if we do not raise the debt ceiling?