Federal spending on children projected to drop substantially over next decade

Federal spending on children will drop about a quarter within a decade, as appropriations for the elderly and rising interest payments on a soaring national debt will squeeze spending on America’s youth, the Urban Institute projected in a report issued earlier this month.
This will happen even though the proportion of children living in poverty is double that of senior citizens: 18 percent to 9 percent.
In 2017, $375 billion — 9 percent of the $3.9 trillion in federal expenditur