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Last Chance for Policymakers to Fund Forest Land Protection Act Reimbursements
The Amended Fiscal Year 2010 budget should contain the first state reimbursements to certain schools and counties for property tax exemptions provided in the Forest Land Protection Act of 2008. Without these funds, several rural school districts face another loss of revenue, beyond the cuts to formula funding experienced across districts.
Posted:
2/22/2010
Category:
Budget, Family Economic Security,
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Fact Sheet: Governor's Proposed Budgets Cut Vital Eligibility Workers
The governor's proposed Department of Human Services (DHS) budget cut 138 eligibility workers in FY 2011. Eligibility workers process applications for Georgians in need of "safety net" supports. Georgia should use new federal funds to increase the number of eligibility caseworkers.
Posted:
2/12/2010
Category:
Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,
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A Georgia Minimum Wage Increase Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Workers and Children
An increase in the minimum wage would impact workers of all ages, race, gender and family composition.
composition.
Posted:
1/27/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,
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Real Cost of Raising Foster Children in Georgia: How Georgia's Per Diem Can Keep Up
Georgia’s foster parents deserve the financial supports required to cover the costs of raising a child.
Posted:
1/26/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security,
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The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
LIHEAP: An Alternative to the Natural Gas Sales Tax Reduction.
Posted:
1/26/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security,
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Georgia's Independent Living Program: How Georgia can Better Prepare Foster Youth
The state has a responsibility to provid foster youth, community's children, with the financial assistance and services required to ensure a successful transition to self-sufficiency.
Posted:
1/26/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security,
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Workforce Development for Foster Youth; Funding Sources
Georgia's guide to federal and state sources that support youth workforce development with a focus on foster youth.
Posted:
1/26/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security,
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Highlights of the Governor's FY 2011 Department of Human Services Budget Proposals
The Department of Human Services is facing a wide variety of budget cuts in the FY 2011 budget proposal. These cuts come on top of the cuts already implemented in the FY 2010 budget.
Posted:
1/25/2010
Category:
Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,
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Recovery Act Directly Aiding Unemployed, Elderly, and Low-Income Families
Data on dollars spent and Georgians helped to date with a county-by-county breakdown.
Posted:
1/12/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Recovery Act
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Health Reform: Medicaid Expansion Is a Bargain for Georgia
In Georgia and throughout the nation, millions of low-income adults are uninsured and lack access to any affordable health insurance. The health reform bill that has passed in the House of Representatives and the bill now making its way through the Senate would expand the Medicaid program to provide thousands of low-income, uninsured adults in Georgia with affordable health coverage while pumping billions of dollars into the state's economy.
Posted:
11/19/2009
Category:
Budget, Health, Family Economic Security,
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State of Working Georgia 2005
Using the latest census data GBPI looks at the conditions of Georgia's working families in 2004 and how those conditions compare to the nation, to the region and to the past.
Posted:
9/6/2005
Category:
Family Economic Security
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Fair Taxes for Low-Income Working Families: A Georgia Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
This policy brief evaluates the need for a Georgia EITC and provides design and cost considerations.
Posted:
12/5/2005
Category:
Taxes, Family Economic Security
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Strengthening the Foundation: Investments in the Adult Workforce Build a More Prosperous Georgia
The report explores public systems in Georgia that offer the opportunity for educational and skills advancement for working adults, along with the systems that encourage job growth and remove barriers to work and economic mobility.
Posted:
1/9/2008
Category:
Family Economic Security, Justice/Corrections
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Georgia Minimum Wage
This brief shows how an increase in the Georgia minimum wage would benefit hundreds of thousands of workers and their children.
Posted:
8/13/2008
Category:
Family Economic Security
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An Investment in Children and Working Families: Subsidized Child Care for Ages Birth Through Four
This report examines Georgia's subsidized child care programs, including Child Care and Parents Services (CAPS), Pre-K, and Head Start/Early Head Start. Current capacity, spending, waitlists, and need are examined.
Posted:
8/25/2008
Category:
Family Economic Security
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Georgia's Lesser-Known Subsidized Child Care Program: The State Child Care Tax Credit for Families
This policy brief highlights state child care tax benefits given to families earning over $50,000 a year while the state program charged with assisting low-income families with child care maintains a waitlist of over 11,000 families.
Posted:
9/12/2008
Category:
Taxes, Family Economic Security
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State of Working Georgia 2008
The report examines job growth, employment, income, poverty, and benefits, using data from the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey, among other sources. The report concludes that even as the current economic slowdown hit, Georgia families were still trying to recover from the 2001 recession and its aftermath.
Posted:
10/31/2008
Category:
Family Economic Security
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Reaching Georgia Tables
Food insecurity in Georgia is among the highest in the nation and growing. Report documents county-by-county rates, percentage of people not utilizing federal aid, and new funds available in stimulus package. Recommendations for reaching more people.
Posted:
3/11/2009
Category:
Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps
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Georgia Unemployment Benefits Under ARRA
The American Recover and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contains several provisions to stimulate the economy by filling gaps in the safety net for millions of unemployed workers while they look for jobs. A U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) study found that every dollar paid out in unemployment benefits causes the economy to grow by $2.15 as workers spend these dollars on basics like housing and food.
Posted:
3/13/2009
Category:
Family Economic Security
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Fact Sheet: Recommendations for Using Federal Stimulus Child Care Funds
Georgia’s Children and Parent Services (CAPS) program,
which provides subsidized child care for children in low-income
working families and families with parents engaged
in education or training, draws its funds primarily from the federal CCDBG. CAPS currently serves a monthly average of 54,000 children, representing a fraction of eligible children. In fact, there are 300,000 eligible children under age 6.
Posted:
3/30/2009
Category:
Family Economic Security, Recovery Act
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A Georgia Minimum Wage Increase Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Workers and Children
An increase in the minimum wage would impact workers of all ages, race, gender and family composition.
composition.
Posted:
1/27/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,
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An Investment in Children and Working Families: Subsidized Child Care for Ages Birth Through Four
This report examines Georgia's subsidized child care programs, including Child Care and Parents Services (CAPS), Pre-K, and Head Start/Early Head Start. Current capacity, spending, waitlists, and need are examined.
Posted:
8/25/2008
Category:
Family Economic Security
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Brief: Proposed Budget Shortfalls for Child Care and Parent Services (CAPS)
The governor's, Senate’s, and House of Representatives’ budgets all fall short of reducing or eliminating children on the CAPS waiting list, despite available ARRA funds. The Senate and House budgets fund a new DHR program for child care which has no public details, and remove or reduce TANF funds from the CAPS budget.
Posted:
3/31/2009
Category:
Budget, Family Economic Security
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Fact Sheet: Governor's Proposed Budgets Cut Vital Eligibility Workers
The governor's proposed Department of Human Services (DHS) budget cut 138 eligibility workers in FY 2011. Eligibility workers process applications for Georgians in need of "safety net" supports. Georgia should use new federal funds to increase the number of eligibility caseworkers.
Posted:
2/12/2010
Category:
Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps,
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Fact Sheet: Recommendations for Using Federal Stimulus Child Care Funds
Georgia’s Children and Parent Services (CAPS) program,
which provides subsidized child care for children in low-income
working families and families with parents engaged
in education or training, draws its funds primarily from the federal CCDBG. CAPS currently serves a monthly average of 54,000 children, representing a fraction of eligible children. In fact, there are 300,000 eligible children under age 6.
Posted:
3/30/2009
Category:
Family Economic Security, Recovery Act
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Fair Taxes for Low-Income Working Families: A Georgia Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
This policy brief evaluates the need for a Georgia EITC and provides design and cost considerations.
Posted:
12/5/2005
Category:
Taxes, Family Economic Security
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Georgia Minimum Wage
This brief shows how an increase in the Georgia minimum wage would benefit hundreds of thousands of workers and their children.
Posted:
8/13/2008
Category:
Family Economic Security
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Georgia Unemployment Benefits Under ARRA
The American Recover and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contains several provisions to stimulate the economy by filling gaps in the safety net for millions of unemployed workers while they look for jobs. A U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) study found that every dollar paid out in unemployment benefits causes the economy to grow by $2.15 as workers spend these dollars on basics like housing and food.
Posted:
3/13/2009
Category:
Family Economic Security
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Georgia's Independent Living Program: How Georgia can Better Prepare Foster Youth
The state has a responsibility to provid foster youth, community's children, with the financial assistance and services required to ensure a successful transition to self-sufficiency.
Posted:
1/26/2010
Category:
Family Economic Security,
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Georgia's Lesser-Known Subsidized Child Care Program: The State Child Care Tax Credit for Families
This policy brief highlights state child care tax benefits given to families earning over $50,000 a year while the state program charged with assisting low-income families with child care maintains a waitlist of over 11,000 families.
Posted:
9/12/2008
Category:
Taxes, Family Economic Security
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