Library Presentations FY 2012 Budget Overview November 8, 2011 / March 15, 2021 by GBPI Admin | 1 Comment on FY 2012 Budget Overview The state budget is more than just a list of numbers. It is perhaps one of the single most important documents created by policymakers. From our education system to criminal justice to human services, the state budget decides what services Georgians receive and the quality of those services. In the presentation, FY 2012 Budget Overview, […] Read more » Budget Overview FY 2012 Presentation
GBPI In The News Ga. labor chief recommends benefit cuts October 21, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig quoted in the Valdosta Daily Times in response to Labor Commissioner Mark Butler’s decision to cut unemployment benefits. Download the news article. Read more » Alan Essig unemployment benefits Valdosta Daily Times
Budget and Taxes Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency September 28, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 4 Comments on Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency Years of employer tax cuts left Georgia unprepared for a recession and high unemployment; now the state is borrowing $721 million from the federal government to meet its obligation. This policy brief provides an update on Georgia’s insolvent unemployment trust fund, as well as recommendations for how the state can rebuild its reserve and avoid […] Read more » Clare Richie Federal Budget & Taxes Reports unemployment trust fund
Press Releases & Statements Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency September 28, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie is available for comments and interviews. Media coverage is invited. Georgia was unprepared for a recession and long-term unemployment. Years of employer tax cuts left Georgia’s unemployment trust fund insolvent, and left the state borrowing $721 million from the federal government to meet its obligations. […] Read more » Clare Richie Press Release unemployment trust fund
Press Releases & Statements 1 in 4 Georgia children live in poverty: Families Still Reeling From the Recession September 22, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie is available for comments and interviews. Media coverage is invited. ATLANTA – Georgia has the 10th highest poverty rate in the nation of 17.9 percent (tied with Texas), according to recently released data from the U. S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Nearly 1.7 million […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Clare Richie Department of Human Services FY 2012 poverty Press Release State Budget
Press Releases & Statements Restructure Georgia’s Unemployment Tax System to Protect Employers and Working Families September 16, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Please consider publishing the editorial below from Clare S. Richie and Elizabeth Appley. Media interviews are welcomed. Americans agree that job creation is our number one priority. Almost half a million Georgians are pounding the pavement looking for work. These people – our neighbors and friends – face a job market where […] Read more » Clare Richie Department of Labor Press Release Unemployment Unemployment Insurance
Press Releases & Statements Census Data Shows Increase in Poverty, Number of Georgians without Health Insurance September 13, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The national poverty rate jumped to 15.1 percent in 2010 from 12.5 percent in 2007, the pre-recession rate. In 2010, 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty, the largest number on record according to new Census Bureau data. Poverty for a family of four is defined as income of about $22,000. More alarming, […] Read more » Budget Primer Census Data health health insurance Press Release U.S. Census Bureau
GBPI In The News Health department seeks more money August 26, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Download the news article. Read more » Atlanta Journal-Constitution Carrie Teegardin health medicaid PeachCare Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Snip, but carefully August 23, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig quoted in the Romes New Tribune on the governor’s proposed FY 2012-13 budget. Download the news article. Read more » Alan Essig FY 2012. FY 2013 Romes New Tribune State Budget
Press Releases & Statements Georgia Budget & Policy Institute welcomes new deputy director and policy analyst to its team August 22, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) today announced the addition of two new staff members: Taifa Smith Butler and Wesley Tharpe. Butler joins the organization as its deputy director and Tharpe as a policy analyst. As deputy director, Butler will provide strategic direction on public policy research and data analysis. She […] Read more » Press Release Taifa Smith Butler Wesley Tharpe
