| Title: |
How H.R. 1 Will Harm Children Now and Far into the Future. Issue Brief |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
First Focus on Children |
| Source: |
First Focus on Children. 2025. |
| Availability: |
First Focus on Children.1400 Eye Street NW Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-657-0670; Fax: 202-657-0671; Web site: https://firstfocus.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
4 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: |
Federal Legislation; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Federal Aid; Children; Federal Programs; Health Insurance; Nutrition; Welfare Services; Tax Credits; Educational Vouchers; Child Care; Child Caregivers; Immigration; Climate; Low Income Students; Social Services; Debt (Financial) |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: |
Childrens Health Insurance Program; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children; Head Start |
| Abstract: |
The recent passage of H.R. 1 by a partisan Congress chooses billionaires over babies, and puts children in unprecedented peril. This Issue Brief describes some of the many ways that H.R. 1 will hurt children in the U.S. and even around the world in the very near term and in the years to come, including that it: (1) Cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid and CHIP; (2) Defunds the main child anti-hunger program; (3) Leaves children behind in tax policy; (4) Undermines public schools; (5) Threatens the child care workforce; (6) Increases funding for family separation; (7) Cancels efforts to address the climate crisis; (8) Harms the poorest children internationally; (9) Will have a cascading effect; and (10) Forces kids to shoulder our ballooned national debt. |
| Abstractor: |
ERIC |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
ED675200 |
| Database: |
ERIC |