The New Economic Recovery Law: Resources to Help Children and the Economy

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helps alleviate the stress on families and communities by investing in improvements for a range of needed services and supports and offering states funds to offset deep cuts. The improvements made in the Recovery Act will not benefit anyone, however, unless they are implemented in a way that effectively helps children, families, and communities.

The Children's Defense Fund has gathered useful materials from federal agencies, congressional sources, and advocacy and other organizations that can help you become familiar with the Recovery Act funding and program activities available in states and communities. The New Economic Recovery Law: Resources To Help Children and the Economy provides links to these materials. This guide will be updated frequently to provide the latest and most helpful resources.

Resources by Category

• General Summaries: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act)
• Health
• Nutrition
• Child Care, Head Start and Early Head Start
• Education
• Child Support Enforcement
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Unemployment Assistance and Workforce Development
• Child Tax Credit and Other Tax Credits for Working Families
• Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance
• Juvenile Justice/Criminal Justice