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Analysis of the FY 2010 Budget: Closing One Year’s Shortfall and Planning for Another

FY 2010 budget is expected to be short $800 million. Without the availability of reserve funds Governor Perdue may need to lower the revenue estimate by as much as $1 billion. the state will go into FY 2011 facing a deficit of more than $1.5 billion. To avoid crippling cuts over the next two years, lawmakers need to take a balanced approach to budgeting. The development of a fair and adequate tax system should be a crucial strategy to bring the state budget into long-term balance.

Category: Budget, Taxes,
Posted: 7/2/2009

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FY 2010 Budget for the Dept of Human Services and Dept of Behavior Health/Developmental Disabilities

State lawmakers cut the FY 2010 general fund budget for the DHS by $112.3 million (18.1 percent) and the DBHDD by $118.6 million (14.7 percent). These severe cuts are lessened federal stimulus funds – $ 19.6 million for DHS and $65.1 million for DBHDD. DHS also uses $27.4 million in federal TANF funds to replace state funds.

Category: Budget, Self-Sufficiency Standard, Welfare and Food Stamps,
Posted: 6/29/2009

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Overview of the Department of Community Health's FY 2010 Budget

Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare programs avoided significant cuts due to a massive infusion of federal funds from ARRA. The legislature redirected even more tobacco settlement funds to Medicaid. DCH did not escape budget cuts completely, as administrative reductions and several programmatic changes were included. Also reflectsed is the transfer of funding for the Division of Public Health into DCH as part of DHR’s reorganization.

Category: Budget,Health
Posted: 6/29/2009

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Summary of Federal Recovery Funds in Georgia

This brief outlines where the $6 billion in federal stimulus funds are going in Georgia. GBPI will continue to examine where and how stimulus funds are used.

Category: Budget, Taxes, Health, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,
Posted: 6/12/2009

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Legislative Leaders Must Have Vision for the State as They Resolve Budget Crisis

Commentary by Alan Essig, Executive Director, published in the opinion pages of the Atlanta Journal Constitution 6/08/09.

Category: Budget, Taxes
Posted: 6/8/2009

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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Tax Bills Signed into Law by Governor after the 2009 Legislative Session

Georgia will lose $99 million in state revenues in FY 2010 (beginning July 1, 2009) and $35 million in FY 2011 due to 17 bills passed by the House of Representatives and Senate and signed into law by the governor. The governor prevented significant revenue loss by vetoing House Bill 481 (the so-called JOBS Act), which would have decreased state revenues by $1.5 billion over the next three years.

Category: Taxes
Posted: 5/15/2009

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Georgia’s Allocation of Federal TANF Funds in FY 2010: A Continued Shift

Georgia has 11 percent less available federal TANF funds for state fiscal year 2010 than it had in FY 2009. However, Georgia continues to direct the majority of TANF funds — in increasing amounts — to services related to child welfare while cutting TANF funds from state programs that directly satisfy its core purposes. Policymakers should re-examine TANF spending, placing greater focus on programs that work directly to satisfy TANF’s four purposes, such as promoting family self-sufficiency.

Category: Welfare and Food Stamps
Posted: 5/14/2009

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Final HB 481 Leads to Budget Cuts, Does Not Stimulate the Economy

The Conference Committee substitute for House Bill (HB) 481, which awaits the governor’s signature or veto, cuts the capital gains tax in half, eliminates the corporate net worth tax, and creates several temporary tax breaks for businesses, costing more than $1 billion in the coming years. Doing more harm than good, the provisions carry an extremely high cost and low benefit.

Category: Taxes
Posted: 4/17/2009

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Adding Up the 2009 Fiscal Notes: Tax Bills Passed by the House and Senate for Gov's Sig or Veto

If Governor Perdue signs all of the tax bills passed by the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate, state revenues will decline by an additional $116 million in FY 2010 and more than $1 billion in FY 2012. Passed 16 tax cuts and 2 ways to raise revenue.

Category: Taxes
Posted: 4/17/2009

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Georgia Faces Large Deficits in FYs 2011 and 2012: FACT SHEET

Georgia faces a structural deficit. The recently approved FY 2010 budget closed a $3.3 billion budget deficit, which resulted from revenue shortfalls. Georgia will face an FY 2011 budget deficit of $823 million and an FY 2012 budget deficit of $1.94 billion.

Category: Budget
Posted: 4/15/2009

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