Highlights of a Forum: Ensuring Opportunities for Disadvantaged Children and Families

The General Accounting Office (GAO) convened this forum in June 2008 to address and discuss current issues for disadvantaged children and families in a time where the Federal budget for such programs is decreasing. It is projected that Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security will dramatically increase as a share of the Federal budget, and the GAO was interested in learning about how disadvantaged families and children will fare.