Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Ray Khalfani. FY 2024 Budget for Human Services The fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget includes $985 million for the Department of Human Services (DHS). It also includes a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for state […] Read more » Budget Department of Human Services DHS foster-care FY 2024 Human Services medicaid Social Services State Budget Workforce Challenges
Budget Primer Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / July 5, 2023 by Leah Chan Georgia’s 2024 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Community Health and Public Health are the primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $6.7 billion in state funds for these three agencies in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget year, or about 21 […] 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
Ashley Young Budget Primer Education Higher Education Ife Finch Floyd K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by Director of Education Dr. Stephen Owens, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Education Analyst Ashley Young. Georgia’s 2024 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $11.9 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2024, an increase of $1.2 billion from FY 2023. Seventy-two percent of the additional […] 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
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $32.4 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for fiscal year (FY) 2024, which starts July 1, 2023, represents a relatively flat level of spending that remains well below the state’s capacity and falls short of meeting the needs of Georgians across core areas, from access to health care to […] Read more » budget disregards Education fiscal year 2024 Georgia budget trends healthcare income tax shift revenue reserves spending State Budget tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / July 3, 2023 by Daniel Kanso, PhD | 1 Comment on Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 Introduction Georgia’s 2024 fiscal year (FY) runs from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. The total available funding to the state is $55.9 billion. That includes $32.4 billion in state funding, $17.9 billion in federal funding and $11 billion in agency funds and state employee benefit plan transfers. Before the Great Recession, adjusting for […] 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 Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Gov. Kemp Sets New Precedent: $242 Million in Non-Binding Budget Disregards, $13.1 Million in Line-Item Vetoes June 14, 2023 / June 14, 2023 by Daniel Kanso, PhD With Gov. Brian P. Kemp’s signature, Georgia’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget became law ahead of the state’s next fiscal year, which begins on July 1, 2023. However, Gov. Kemp’s approval of the spending plan was accompanied by a wave of 134 non-binding orders to either fully or partially disregard budget language and appropriations comprising […] Read more » Budget Cuts budget disregards economic impact Education finance georgia-budget government spending healthcare infrastructure policy public funding surplus revenues
Budget and Taxes Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor February 20, 2023 / February 20, 2023 by Ray Khalfani The governor’s proposed budget for the current amended fiscal year (AFY), AFY 2023, was flat for the Department of Labor (DOL). Spending proposals for fiscal year (FY) 2024 were nearly flat, offering minor spending increases to cover cost-of-living adjustments for DOL employees. FY 2024 provides less than a one percent increase in spending […] Read more » Department of Labor jobs and economy
Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections February 20, 2023 / February 20, 2023 by Ray Khalfani For Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.32 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. These latest fiscal- year-to-fiscal-year increases, totaling nearly $38 million, are primarily attributed to the creation of four new divisions within the GDC: County Correctional […] Read more » corrections legal system
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 14, 2023 / February 15, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $948 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2024 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers and hiring hundreds of DFCS eligibility workers.[1] The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 proposal increases investment in the agency by $28 million more than the budget lawmakers approved […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Ashley Young Budget and Taxes Higher Education Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs February 14, 2023 / February 14, 2023 by Ashley Young Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2024 budget includes $1.4 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) and HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) financial aid programs. About $1 billion is for HOPE, and $436 million is allotted for pre-K. By the Numbers Overall, the fiscal year 2024 budget for lottery-funded HOPE programs grew by $62 million. […] Read more » Budget Higher Education HOPE HOPE Career Grant HOPE Scholarship Lottery Pre-K tcsg University System of Georgia usg
