But there are only enough Federal dollars to provide services to 40 percent of eligible children.

What is wrong with limiting to three the number of children eligible to child benefit?

Critics say many states have been slow to reach out to eligible children and sign them up.

But the group said the increase would still provide services for less than half of the eligible children.

But now, 25 years later, only 20 percent of the eligible children are served.

This will allow us to reach more than 633,000 eligible children, an increase of almost 180,000 in three years.

Instead, he would give a $1,000 annual tax credit to each family with eligible children and income below $10,000.

That needed move would still leave another million eligible children out of the program.

But it has been able to admit only about 25 percent of the eligible children.

Under this plan, every eligible child will be able to get a head start.