Health Justice Healthy Housing Hillary Dong Reports How Medicaid Can Fund Housing Support in Georgia May 28, 2025 / May 28, 2025 by Hillary Dong Many state health departments and programs use acronyms. To help keep track of ones used in this paper, an acronym glossary is provided after the conclusion. Key Takeaways Non-medical drivers of health, including access to safe, stable and affordable housing, shape most health outcomes. States can leverage Medicaid funds to address health-related social needs using […] Read more »
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Overview of Georgia’s Budget for the Amended 2025 and Full 2026 Fiscal Years January 24, 2025 / January 24, 2025 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Governor Brian P. Kemp’s executive budget proposals for the current fiscal year (AFY 2025) and next year (FY 2026) are characterized by a focus on one-time projects and modest spending increases. The $37.7 billion revenue estimate for FY 2026 is shaped by Gov. Kemp’s proposal to direct approximately $748 million per year to accelerate planned […] Read more » Budget Overview
Criminal Legal System Reform Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd Ray Khalfani Reports From Barriers to Bridges: How Fines and Fees Reform Can Help Boost Economic Security December 20, 2024 / December 20, 2024 by Ray Khalfani This report was co-authored by Ray Khalfani, Senior Analyst, Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems and Ife Finch Floyd, Director of Economic Justice Introduction Excessive local government reliance on fines and fees is tied to persistent barriers to economic security.[1] Policies that lift these barriers could open gateways for more Georgians to achieve workforce […] Read more »
Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Public Health for All Y’all: How A Thriving, Fully Funded Public Health System Can Support a Stronger, Healthier Georgia December 20, 2024 / January 8, 2025 by Leah Chan Introduction Georgia’s health security and economic well-being depend on a thriving, fully funded state and local public health system. Public health interventions, such as improved sanitation and access to family planning, were the most significant contributors to Americans leading longer, healthier lives in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Increases in public health spending […] Read more » Public Health
Ashley Young Education K-12 Education Reports Public Education Deserves Full State Investment: Results of GBPI 2024 School District Survey October 31, 2024 / October 31, 2024 by Ashley Young This report was co-authored by Ashley Young, GBPI’s Senior Education Analyst, and Jae-Kur Lockhart, a fellow in the Southern Education Leadership Initiative, a program within the Southern Education Foundation. Executive Summary For years, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute has collected data through the public school superintendent/district leader survey. This tool offers insight into the […] Read more »
Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage Program: The First Year in Review October 29, 2024 / October 29, 2024 by Leah Chan The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) would like to thank the Georgians who showed courage and vulnerability in sharing their stories and insights with us during the focus groups and interviews. Their expertise makes this work possible. Executive Summary In July 2023 Georgia launched the Pathways to Coverage program and became the only current […] Read more »
Budget Primer Health Justice Hillary Dong Reports Georgia Housing Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Hillary Dong The 20-Year View This year, on our 20th anniversary, GBPI is including for the first time a feature on housing to underscore the historical and continuing critical role that housing plays in the health of Georgians every single day. In the past 20 years, access to housing has become more difficult. In 2002, 42.7% of […] Read more » Access to Care Behavioral Health Budget Analysis Community Health Developmental Disabilities Disease Prevention federal funding FY 2024 Health Budget General Fund health coverage Health Priorities Health Spending Low-Income Georgians medicaid Medicaid Expansion mental health Pathways to Coverage Public Health Retention State Funds Substance Use Disorders Workforce Recruitment
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 28, 2024 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The 20-Year View Before the Great Recession, adjusting for inflation, Georgia spent about $3,080 per person in FY 2006. Under the 2025 budget, the state will spend about $142 more per person, $1.6 billion more than if spending had kept pace with population and inflation growth. It represents a real growth rate of 0.2% per […] Read more » agency funds budget allocation budget impact budget legislation budget process education-funding federal funding funding sources Georgia fiscal year Georgia residents georgia-budget health care funding racist policies revenue system state funding transportation-funding
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The 20-Year View Inefficient tax breaks cost the state money that should be invested in its people. Georgia has a history of enacting new corporate tax exemptions and credits each year, and once in the tax code, exemptions and credits have typically remained there without further evaluation. Since 2004, GBPI has expressed concerns about this […] Read more » budget disregards Education fiscal year 2024 Georgia budget trends healthcare income tax shift revenue reserves spending State Budget tax breaks
Ashley Young Budget Primer David Schaefer Education Higher Education Ife Finch Floyd K-12 Education Reports Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ashley Young This section is co-authored by Vice President of Research and Policy, David Schaefer, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Education Analyst Ashley Young. The 20-Year View In 2004, Georgia’s per capita spending on elementary, secondary education and higher education combined was 32nd in the nation; in 2021, it was 42nd. For 20 […] Read more » Budget child care services Education Georgia higher ed k-12 education K-12 schools lottery reserves Pre-K pre-K funding private school vouchers tcsg universities usg
