For the prekindergarten program
alone, they identified $ 92,220 in present value benefits and $ 8,512 in present value costs in 2007 dollars — a benefit - cost ratio of 10.83 to 1.22 The benefits derived mainly from reduced
public education expenditures due to lower grade retention and use of special education, reduced costs to the criminal justice system and victims of crime due to lower crime rates, reduced expenditures on child welfare due to less child abuse and neglect, higher projected earnings of center participants, and increased income tax
revenue due to projected higher lifetime earnings of center participants.
In fact, in 2015, Title X projects reported a net decrease of $ 32.6 million in total
revenue compared with the previous year.28 Despite funding cuts, tax payers have saved a significant amount of money by investing in family planning — about $ 15.8 billion in gross
public savings in 2010
alone.29