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 Primer Cash and Safety Net Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd 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 (DHS). The DHS budget restores cuts from previous years and includes more state resources than […] Read more » Department of Human Services Safety Net State Budget
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ray Khalfani 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 the department’s workforce. Several reform bills since 2012 sought to address issues related to prison […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems Department of Corrections State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD 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 5,800 fewer full-time staff in FY 2021 than it did in 2019, down nearly 9 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Higher Education K-12 Education Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Stephen Owens 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 budgets with dedicated cuts to the state’s education system, lawmakers met the school funding requirement […] Read more » Education Higher Education K-12 State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / September 6, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD 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 fiscal policies that advance racial equity and economic opportunity, and to help Georgia families from […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Health Justice Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Leah Chan | 1 Comment on Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 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 state funds for these three agencies in the 2023 budget year, or about 20 percent […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget
