Is That $224 Billion Over One Year or Ten Years?

That's what millions of readers of Ron Haskins' column in the NYT on designing effective social programs will be asking. The column tells readers:

"When John M. Bridgeland led Mr. Bush’s Domestic Policy Council, he was amazed to find 339 federal programs for disadvantaged youth, administered by 12 departments and agencies, at a cost of $224 billion."

The piece doesn't indicate whether this spending is for one or ten years. (My guess is the latter, but I'm not really sure without looking at th...