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
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
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
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
This section is co-authored by Economic Justice Senior Policy Analyst Ife Finch Floyd and Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Policy Analyst Ray Khalfani. Georgia’s 2023 Human Services Budget State lawmakers approved $920 million for the Department of Human Services
Georgia’s 2023 Department of Corrections Budget Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for FY 2023 is $1.28 billion. GDC oversees all aspects of the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most of
Budget Trends The $30.2 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2023, which started July 1, 2022, represents a return to pre-pandemic levels of spending across most areas of government, albeit with state government employing nearly
This section is co-authored by K-12 Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Stephen Owens and Higher Education Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Lee. Georgia’s 2023 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $10.7 billion in FY 2023. After years of
Introduction Georgia plans to spend $30.2 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2023 fiscal year. This budget largely reflects a restoration of previous COVID-era budget cuts and represented a unique opportunity to invest in state
Georgia’s 2023 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Community Health and Public Health are the three primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $6.2 billion in total
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