The U.S. Government commits less than 1% of the federal budget annually for U.S. foreign assistance. Within the U.S. foreign assistance budget, an estimated 0.11% is allocated for programs that benefit children and youth in some way. This means that of the total U.S federal budget, an estimated a mere 0.001% is allocated to foreign assistance programs that in some way benefit young people. Below are budget allocations for the most relevant accounts, from Fiscal Years 2018 through the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The numbers are pulled directly from public documents.
On this page, you will also find analysis and recommendations from leading advocacy organizations.
On this page, you will also find analysis and recommendations from leading advocacy organizations.
President's Budget Request: Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2022, The White House. "The Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2022 contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President’s priorities, and summary tables." To access more, click: here
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InterAction report Choose to Invest in Development and Humanitarian Action (Fiscal Year 2022) and launch event AID DELIVERS 2021: Foreign Assistance in the 117TH Congress. These resource seek to demystify what and how the U.S. Government funds overseas by providing information across 52 accounts funded through the annual appropriations process, primarily in the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Bill. The focus includes programs on safeguarding international food security funded by the Agriculture Appropriations Bill and international labor and health protections funded by the Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Each account includes its funding history and a recommended funding level for this year based on the experience and expertise of InterAction’s coalition—the voice of nearly 200 humanitarian and development non-governmental organizations (NGOs). To access more information, click: here. To download the report, click: here. To view the launch event, click: here.
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Children's Budget 2020, First Focus on Children. The Children’s Budget 2020 finds that the overall federal share of investments in children dropped from 8.19 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2016 to just 7.48 percent in FY 2020. This represents a decrease in the share of federal spending dedicated to children of 9 percent over the period. This year’s Children’s Budget includes, for the first time, an analysis of how the federal budget impacts children in spending when it comes to our international affairs budget, which is spent across seven departments and agencies, including the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). We estimate the children’s share of that spending at around 9 percent and find that this funding is so limited it only reflects about 0.11 percent of the overall federal budget. These dollars are dedicated to helping address the global needs of children.To access publication and more, click icon or: here
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Global Campaign for Education and 42 partner organizations sent a letter to Congress requesting funding to restore U.S. leadership in global education and further progress in reaching Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable, quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. To access the letter, click: here.
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On the Side of Children and Youth in U.S. government foreign policy and assistance. This paper presents an overview of the U.S. government international assistance architecture for children and youth, as well as the advocacy landscape. It maps U.S. government policies, programs, and funding for global children and youth issues by sector, as well as the primary advocacy coalitions working within each issue area (see Annex A). Additionally, this paper summarizes the results of an online survey of U.S.-based individuals and organizations engaged in global child- and youth-advocacy efforts, which probed what has been working well, where there may be gaps, and identified advocacy priorities as well as potential areas for improvement where strategic investments could help to strengthen advocacy efforts (see Annex B). Author: Gillian Huebner. Commissioned by Elevate Children Funders Group. December 2018. To access the report, click: here.
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Budget Request Letters
Early Childhood Development in Emergencies
Letter to Secretary Blinken, Acting Administrator Steele, May 2021 To download, click: here |
Signators: Will add.
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Supplemental Funding for International Education Assistance
Letter to President Biden, January 2021 To download, click: here |
Signators: Basic Education Coalition, Chemonics International, ChildFund, Education Cannot Wait, Education Development Center, Food for the Hungry, Global Campaign for Education - US, Global Citizen, Global Partnership for Education, IREX, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, RESULTS, RTI International, School-to-School International, Unbounded Associates, UNICEF USA, World Education, World Learning, World Vision US, WorldreaderSigners
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