Alex Camardelle Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Reports Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019 July 1, 2018 / October 13, 2026 by Alex Camardelle Download PDF Human Services Budget Overview Georgia’s Department of Human Services oversees state spending to protect children and the elderly as well as provide non-medical assistance to people with low incomes. State funding for the agency is $797 million in 2019, about 3 percent of total state spending. Child welfare-related services represent the largest share […] Read more » Budget child care Department of Human Services Food Assistance foster-care Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Budget Primer Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Georgia Higher Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019 July 1, 2018 / October 13, 2026 by Jennifer Lee Download PDF Higher Education Budget Overview The higher education budget in Georgia is $2.4 billion for the university system and $369 million for technical colleges. The 2019 budget includes about $142 million of state general funds allotted for scholarship, loan and grant programs, including dual enrollment. The Legislature also appropriated $1.2 billion in lottery funds […] Read more » Budget Higher Education HOPE Scholarship State Budget Technical College System of Georgia University System of Georgia
GBPI In The News State representatives push for Medicaid expansion June 26, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by GBPI Admin ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia cannot afford health insurance, but also don’t qualify for Medicaid. That’s according to Georgia lawmakers who want to change that. “About 1.2 million residents don’t have any health insurance,” said Laura Harker, a policy analyst with the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI). Read the full article […] Read more » health Laura Harker Medicaid Expansion
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Health Justice K-12 Education Reports Worker Justice Georgia Budget Primer 2019 June 26, 2018 / October 13, 2026 by Taifa Smith Butler Download PDF Click on the links below to learn about different policy areas of the 2019 budget. State Budget K-12 Education Higher Education Health Human Services Welcome to GBPI’s 2019 Budget Primer Georgia plans to spend $26.2 billion in state funds raised through taxes and fees for the 2019 fiscal year. The budget plan […] Read more »
Alan Essig GBPI In The News Georgia to mark 25 years of lottery, HOPE grants June 21, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Alan Essig State leaders are scheduled Wednesday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the most important decisions by voters and government in recent history: the start of the Georgia Lottery, which funds the HOPE Scholarship and its pre-kindergarten program. Read the full article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Read more » Higher Education HOPE Scholarship Jennifer Lee
Blog Community Impact Featured GBPI’s 2017-2018 Milestones and Highlights June 8, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by John McCosh During Georgia’s 2017-2018 legislative cycle and throughout the months between those two sessions, the growing GBPI team improved the public policy discourse and, in many cases, state policies changed for the better as a result. Georgia will fully fund its K-12 education formula for the first time in nearly two decades in the 2019 budget. […] Read more »
Blog Community Impact Health Justice Laura Harker Rome Listening Tour Provides Earful on Community Mental Health Problems May 23, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Laura Harker Talk to people around Rome, Ga. for a while and the conversation often shifts to the lingering stresses that plague the community after a state mental health facility closed seven years ago. Homelessness. Drug abuse. People with mental disabilities stuck in jail cells. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute team visited Rome earlier this month […] Read more » Behavioral Health Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities health medicaid mental health Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital People-Powered Prosperity Rome
GBPI In The News New report says Medicaid expansion would cover 473,000 more Georgians May 17, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by GBPI Admin A new report estimates that a full Medicaid expansion in Georgia would provide health insurance to 473,000 more residents in 2019. The Urban Institute policy brief, released Wednesday, is the latest to predict the effect of expansion on the state. Read the full article on Georgia Health News. Read more » Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Taifa Smith Butler
Blog Community Impact Health Justice Jennifer Owens Worker Justice Rome Stop on GBPI Listening Tour Highlights Need for Workforce Training, Health Care Access May 11, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Jennifer Owens On a beautiful spring morning in the northwest foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a group of community leaders in Rome, Ga. gathered over breakfast, laughter and catch-up conversations. But as the morning meeting settled in, the friendly exchanges about neighbors and talk of the Rome Braves game tapered off. A heavy and intense discussion ensued […] Read more »
GBPI In The News Tuition stable at GA colleges, but living costs going up May 5, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by GBPI Admin Many Georgia college students got some good news when the state’s Board of Regents voted at its April meeting to not raise tuition next school year — but that doesn’t mean students won’t be paying more to go to school this fall. The cost to live on campus at most public colleges and universities is going up. Read […] Read more » Higher Education Jennifer Lee
