Budget Advocacy

• CAI Urges Big Five to Increase Child Welfare Spending (June 2006)
• California Children's Budget — 2004-05 / 2002-03
• Child Advocates Roundtable Presents 2003-04 Budget Priorities
• CAI Opposes Proposed Budget Reductions to Community Care Licensing
• 2002-03 Budget Briefs
• Links to Budget Advocacy Resources

CAI Urges Big Five to Increase Child Welfare Spending (June 2006)

• Read CAI's Open Letter to Legislative Leaders and Governor Schwarzenegger
• Read CAI's Press Release

California Children's Budget

The Children's Advocacy Institute's California Children's Budget provides an in-depth analysis of past and proposed state spending on children's programs

California Children's Budget 2004-05

• Table of Contents
• Author's Preface
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 — Budget Overview
• Chapter 2 — Poverty
• Chapter 3 — Nutrition
• Chapter 4 — Child Health
• Chapter 5 — Children with Special Needs
• Chapter 6 — Child Care
• Chapter 7 — Education
• Chapter 8 — Child Protection
• Chapter 9 — Juvenile Justice
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• About the Children's Advocacy Institute

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• Table of Contents
• Author's Preface
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 — Budget Overview
• Chapter 2 — Poverty
• Chapter 3 — Nutrition
• Chapter 4 — Child Health
• Chapter 5 — Children with Special Needs
• Chapter 6 — Child Care
• Chapter 7 — Education
• Chapter 8 — Child Protection
• Chapter 9 — Juvenile Justice
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• About the Children's Advocacy Institute

Copies of the California Children's Budget (an annual document since 1993) are available free of charge from the Children's Advocacy Institute. For more information, please call 619.260-4806.

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2003-04 Budget Priorities

Children's Advocates Roundtable Presents Policymakers with Budget Priorities for 2003-04 (May 2003)

CAI Opposes Proposed Budget Reductions to Community Care Licensing

• Sample Letter to Policymakers Regarding Proposed Cuts
• Analysis of Governor Davis' December 2002 Proposed Budget Cuts
• Sample Letters to Policymakers Regarding Proposed Cuts

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2002-03 Budget Briefs

• Temporary Fixes Hurt—Tough Decisions Next Year (September 2002)
• Money Matters: Fiscal Year 2002-03 (August 7, 2002)
• May Revise—Summary (May 2002)
• Governor's Proposed Budget—Summary (January 2002)
• Making Democracy Work: An Advocate's Guide to the Budget Process

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Links to Budget Advocacy Resources:

• Department of Finance budget documents
• Legislative Analyst's Office
• Bureau of State Audits
• Little Hoover Commission
• California Budget Project
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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