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This video, which is also a part of the School-Age Consumer Education Toolkit, shows the importance of afterschool and summer care for families. Telling the story of school-age child care through data and details about the experiences of children served through federal subsidies presents a...

Tracking budgets is important to the success of a program or state initiative. One way to evaluate an initiative’s health is to track the difference between the original plan and what is actually happening. This gap is better known as variance, a comparison of the intended or budgeted amount and...
Lotteries raise money by selling numbered tickets for prizes that are given to the holders of numbers drawn at random. Lotteries are a popular way to fund education; prekindergarten services are included in some states:
- Thirteen states have lotteries with a stated purpose of funding...
A state may use several types of taxes to generate revenue. A common type of tax is a sales tax, which is a consumption tax imposed by the government on the sale of goods and services. Several states have...
Improving Services for Children and Families through Integrated Cross-Sector Systems
Over the last few decades, there has been a steady increase in the number of policies and initiatives focused on meeting the needs of young children and their families. As a result, there is a dizzying...
Pooling funds are funds from many individual investors that are aggregated for the purpose of...
The fourth part of PDCA is acting—using what has been learned (in the check phase and throughout); deciding what actions should be taken to improve, making needed modifications; adapting, adopting or abandoning particular aspects of the plan; revising the plan; and continuing the PDCA cycle....
According to the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center, the sources of state general revenue are income, sales, and other taxes; charges and fees; and transfers from the federal government. In 2016, state governments collected more than $1.9 trillion in general revenue....