Community Impact Funder Spotlight: The Kendeda Fund October 1, 2020 / October 7, 2020 by Lindsey Garland The Kendeda Fund has supported GBPI since 2016, when the foundation launched its Atlanta portfolio. At that time, the Fund’s vision was bold and simple: ensure equitable access to high-quality education and economic opportunity for historically marginalized populations and communities of color in Atlanta. Here is what the executive director of the Kendeda Fund, Dena […] Read more » development funder kandeda
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Basics Georgia’s 2021 fiscal year runs July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The total budget available to the state is $48.2 billion. That includes $25.9 billion in state funding, $15.1 billion in federal funding and $7.1 billion in agency funds. Prior to the Great Recession, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, the state of […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Primer State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The $25.9 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp for the 2021 fiscal year starting July 1, 2020, represents a $2.2 billion overall decrease in state spending from last year. To implement the cuts, most state agencies will receive about 10 percent less funding. FY 2021’s budget also relies on $250 million […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Budget Primer State Budget
Budget Primer Higher Education Jennifer Lee K-12 Education Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 11, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Georgia’s 2021 Education Budget Georgia lawmakers cut $1 billion from the state’s budget for the Department of Education. The bulk of these cuts, totaling $950 million, will be passed on to 181 local K-12 school systems. State support for private school vouchers through tax credits and direct state funding face no budget cuts. Public school […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship K-12
Alex Camardelle Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 14, 2020 by Alex Camardelle The $796 million FY 2021 budget for the Department of Human Services reduces spending to protect the safety of Georgia’s most vulnerable children and families by $34 million. The Department was not spared from COVID-19’s effect on the state budget. The largest share of state funding for the agency will remain in child welfare and […] Read more » Budget child care Department of Human Services Safety Net
Budget Primer Health Justice Laura Harker Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Laura Harker Georgia’s 2021 Health Care Budget Three state agencies are primarily responsible for health care services in Georgia: the Departments of Community Health, Public Health and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. State funding for these three agencies totals $5.2 billion for 2021, or about 20 percent of state general spending. General Fund appropriations for these agencies […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts health medicaid
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Stephanie Angel Georgia Criminal Legal System Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 14, 2020 by Stephanie Angel The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for 2021 is $1.1 billion. The department 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. Recent reform efforts focused on saving costs related to housing inmates and improving re-entry outcomes. Since 2012, […] Read more » Budget Budget Primer criminal justice criminal legal system Department of Corrections
GBPI In The News Audit: GA Medicaid oversight is uncoordinated, risks overpaying, fraud July 21, 2020 / July 23, 2020 by Alex Welch Georgia’s faulty oversight of private Medicaid management contractors has left the state’s Medicaid program vulnerable to overpaying for health care and to fraud, a state auditor’s report has found. Over seven years from 2013 to 2019, a total of $41 million in claims the contractors paid out for Medicaid “were not subject to adequate oversight […] Read more » Budget COVID-19 health insurance health-care medicaid
GBPI In The News Clean Slate would be a boon for many Georgians July 20, 2020 / March 12, 2021 by Caitlin Highland When the sunset on Gov. Nathan Deal’s administration, many believed that Georgia’s criminal justice reform era had ended, but it appears that the Peach State may be getting its second wind. […] Consider this: According to the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, “Nearly 600,000 Georgians are living with a felony conviction — one in nine […] Read more » Criminal Justice Reform revenue Unemployment
GBPI In The News Georgia Lottery transfers $1.23B for education in fiscal year 2020 July 16, 2020 / July 17, 2020 by Alex Welch The Georgia Lottery collected $30 million more for education in fiscal year 2020 than the previous fiscal year despite the economic downturn caused by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Georgia Lottery Act for Education, net proceeds from the Georgia Lottery help support educational programs in the state. […] A little less than […] Read more » Budget COVID-19 Higher Education K-12 Lottery revenue
