Secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael O. Leavitt, discusses the 2006 fiscal year budget.
Secretary Leavitt states that healthy families are sustained by fundamental values. As a result, the budget will increase funding in four key areas. The budget requests $206 million for abstinence education activities, $1 billion over 5 years to promote healthy marriages, $6.9 billion for the Head Start Program, and a $200 million increase to support the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative. (1:33)
February 7, 2005
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