President Obama's FY 2010 Budget

After years of presidential budgets that expanded tax breaks for the very wealthiest while cutting services for women and families and neglecting long-term needs, the outline of the budget for Fiscal Year 2010 released by President Obama on February 26, 2009, charts a very different course.

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President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Child Care and Early Education
May 13, 2009

The President's budget funds several new early childhood initiatives, including Title I Early Childhood Grants, competitive Early Learning Challenge grants, Home Visitation programs for low-income parents and newborns, and a Promise Neighorhoods initiative.

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President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Child Nutrition
May 13, 2009

The President's budget provides a significant funding increase for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Read more...

President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Civil Rights and Enforcement
May 13, 2009

The Administration prioritizes civil rights enforcement by including $145 million for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice - a much-needed increase of $22 million. Read more...

President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Education
May 13, 2009

The President's budget builds on his commitment to reducing the high school dropout rate by providing $50 million for a new High School Graduation Initiative. The budget also proposes large increases in available Pell grant funding, increasing the maximum awarded per student to $5,550, and indexing the annual maximum to outpace inflation. Read more...

President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Employment and Training
May 13, 2009

The President's budget allocates $50 million for a new green jobs training initiative, which will support job training projects to prepare workers for careers in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The budget also proposes $15 million in funding for a new workforce data quality initiative and increases funding for job training at community colleges.

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President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Health Care
May 13, 2009

The President's budget makes substantial new investments toward fixing our broken health care system. It creates a reserve fund of more than $600 billion, which will serve as a "down payment" on health reform that will assure affordable and high-quality health coverage for all Americans, while slowing the growth of health care costs. Read more...

President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Housing Assistance
May 13, 2009

At a time when many families, especially those headed by women, are at increased risk of homelessness, the budget significantly increases funding for rental housing assistance for low-income people, including Housing Choice vouchers, Section 8 project-based rental assistance, and public housing.

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President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Reproductive Health
May 13, 2009

The President's budget takes some important steps on key reproductive health issues. It eliminates the Community Based Abstinence Education and Title V Abstinence Education programs, and invests $173 million in new evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs. Read more...

President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: Investments for Women and Families: Tax Reform
May 13, 2009

The President's budget would significantly expand tax assistance for low- and middle-income families by making permanent improvements in tax credits included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The budget also extends the provisions of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that benefit households with incomes below $250,000.

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President Obama's FY 2010 Budget: A New Direction for Women and Families
February 15, 2009
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