Cash and Safety Net Clare S. Richie The 5th poorest state needs to step up November 15, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 2 Comments on The 5th poorest state needs to step up Posted by Clare S. Richie Nearly one in five Georgians — and one out of four children — lives in poverty. That’s a lot: in only four other states is the poverty rate higher. We’re talking about an income of $22,350 for a family of four. That’s less than half of what it takes for […] Read more » Economic Security poverty Safety Net
Fact Sheets Georgia Poverty Still on the Rise, With Children Hit Hardest November 15, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 1 Comment on Georgia Poverty Still on the Rise, With Children Hit Hardest Nearly one in five Georgians, and one out of four children, live in poverty, according to 2011 U.S. Census data, making Georgia the fifth-poorest state in the nation. Since the recession hit, Georgia’s overall poverty rate has increased by approximately five percentage points and the child poverty rate has risen by nearly seven percentage points. […] Read more » Clare Richie poverty
Blog Cash and Safety Net Clare S. Richie Georgia’s Abuse of TANF Provision Gets Congressional Attention November 8, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 1 Comment on Georgia’s Abuse of TANF Provision Gets Congressional Attention Posted by Clare S. Richie Georgia recently attracted the attention of Congress because of its abuse of a tactic that has eroded services for Georgians struggling to get out of poverty. Nearly half of Georgia’s required contribution to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which is supposed to match federal funding, now comes from private third-party […] Read more » TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Blog Cash and Safety Net Clare S. Richie Georgians Pick up the Tab for Corporate Tax Breaks – Again! September 28, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 1 Comment on Georgians Pick up the Tab for Corporate Tax Breaks – Again! Posted by Clare S. Richie For the second year in a row, Georgia will waste more than $20 million of taxpayer money cleaning up a mess created by more than a decade of irresponsible corporate tax breaks. Corporate tax breaks and unprecedented tax holidays in the years leading up to the recession have drained more […] Read more »
Blog Budget and Taxes Clare S. Richie The Shell Game Continues August 27, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie Posted by Clare S. Richie The game of robbing Peter to pay Paul continues in Georgia. To keep one critical budget intact, the Department of Human Services (DHS) is proposing cuts to two other critical programs. In the end, everybody loses. DHS proposes to fill some gaps in the amended 2013 budget by shuffling around […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Clare Richie Department of Human Services State Budget
Blog Clare S. Richie New Law Unfairly Burdens the Unemployed June 20, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 3 Comments on New Law Unfairly Burdens the Unemployed Posted by Clare S. Richie Things are about to get worse for as many as 190,000 Georgia families struggling to make ends meet because of unemployment. Starting in July, unemployed Georgians will lose between $260 and $1,820 in unemployment insurance payments due to a new law passed this spring by the Georgia Legislature. And temporary […] Read more » Clare Richie Economic Security Safety Net Unemployed unemployment benefits Unemployment Insurance
Blog Clare S. Richie Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress May 3, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 1 Comment on Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress Posted by Clare S. Richie Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – previously known as food stamps. Every Georgia family that participates in SNAP would see their food assistance eliminated or cut. Children, seniors, and people with disabilities would be among the […] Read more » Blog Clare Richie Economic Security Food Assistance Safety Net SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Author Blog Clare S. Richie SB 447 Asks the Unemployed to Pay for Years of Employer Tax Cuts February 23, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 6 Comments on SB 447 Asks the Unemployed to Pay for Years of Employer Tax Cuts By now you have probably heard that Georgia owes a lot of money to the federal government, $736 million to be exact, for helping us pay state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. What hasn’t received enough attention, however, is how Georgia got into this mess. For more than a decade Georgia employers were given unprecedented tax breaks […] Read more » Clare Richie SB 447 Senate Bill 447 UI Unemployment Insurance
Author Blog Clare S. Richie Georgia’s Children and Families are Worth Fighting for February 2, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Clare Richie This month Congress will address extending the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program through September 30, 2012. As of today, Congress has eliminated the TANF Supplemental Grant which leaves Georgia short $37.3 million for many health and human service programs. If Congress doesn’t restore the TANF Supplemental Grant, Georgia will lose vital services that […] Read more » Blog Clare Richie TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Blog Budget and Taxes Clare S. Richie Happy New Year? Congress to Decide Fate of Federal Unemployment Benefits December 2, 2011 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie On December 31st, everyone will gather together to welcome in the New Year. Yet thousands of jobless Georgians worry today if Congress will pull the rug out from under them and their families in 2012. In January 2012, nearly 70,000 Georgia workers, who lost their jobs due to no fault of their own, will be […] Read more » Blog Clare Richie Federal Budget & Taxes Federal Unemployment Benefits
