President Bush's budget proposal for 2006 contains $50 million for Helping America's Youth, his wife's new project to help children who are at risk of delinquency or joining gangs. Laura Bush is traveling the country to call attention to programs that provide mentoring, character-building and tutoring to low-income children.
But the president proposes cutting $4.2 billion from youth and crime-prevention programs with similar aims.
Most of the reductions would eliminate programs that are not getting results and shift the money to programs that work, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget. Those the White House considers effective are slated for a $1.3 billion increase.
Overall, Bush proposes to cut federal funding for youth and crime-prevention programs by 5%.
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