GBPI In The News Support grows for Medicaid expansion to close Georgia’s coverage gap September 25, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin A ranking Republican Georgia senator who long panned the idea of expanding Medicaid is working on legislation to make it happen. The conservative Georgia Chamber of Commerce just made an economic case for Medicaid expansion as the best way for the state to get a handle on its health care costs and boost struggling rural […] Read more » health Laura Harker medicaid
GBPI In The News Groups seeking state-based earned income tax credit September 18, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin A meeting in Rome on Friday involving nonprofits that feed the hungry will attempt to gain support for expanding a federal tax credit to the state level that would benefit an estimated 1 million Georgia families. Read the full article on the Rome News-Tribune. Read more » EITC Income Tax State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
GBPI In The News HOPE for whom? September 16, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin New analysis of Georgia’s aid program for top students — a model for those of many other states — finds that it is missing many low-income and minority students. Read the full article on Inside Higher Ed. Read more » Claire Suggs Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship
GBPI In The News Poor students and minorities fall behind on Georgia HOPE money September 8, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Less than half of the students in Georgia’s public colleges and universities benefit from the state’s main Lottery-funded scholarships, according to a new report, while minorities and poor students are even less likely to benefit from the merit-based programs. Read the full article on The Moultrie Observer. Read more » Claire Suggs Education HOPE Scholarship
GBPI In The News Is HOPE Scholarship lifting middle-class students while leaving poor kids behind? September 7, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia has thousands of low-income students who cannot afford college because they don’t qualify for the HOPE Scholarship or its more lucrative offspring, the Zell Miller Scholarship. HOPE pays for 70 to 85 percent of tuition depending on which public campus students attend, while Zell Miller covers full tuition.s. Read the full article on ajc.com. Read more » Claire Suggs Education HOPE Scholarship
GBPI In The News Rise in Medicaid rolls has continuing impact on state budget August 25, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Continued growth in Georgia’s Medicaid enrollment accounts for much of the state budget increases that the Department of Community Health is seeking both for fiscal 2017 and 2018. In addition, the agency said Thursday that it’s starting a payment system next July that will penalize health insurers for not meeting medical quality standards. Read the full article on […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Georgia Health News health Laura Harker medicaid
GBPI In The News More will have to work to keep food stamps August 14, 2016 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia plans to significantly expand the number of counties that require food stamp recipients with no children to find a job, extending the program from three to 24 counties across the state. The extension will bring another 10,000 people under the work mandate, presenting them with an ultimatum: get a job or lose your food […] Read more » food stamps Melissa Johnson Safety Net SNAP
GBPI In The News States ease access to welfare and food stamps for convicted drug felons August 9, 2016 / March 18, 2021 by GBPI Admin Twenty years after a federal law blocked people with felony drug convictions from receiving welfare or food stamps, more states are loosening those restrictions — or waiving them entirely. In April, Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, signed a criminal justice reform bill that lifted the ban on food stamps for drug felons in Georgia. Read the […] Read more » Melissa Johnson Safety Net
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Reports Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017 July 20, 2016 / April 14, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Human Services Budget Overview Georgia’s Department of Human Services oversees state spending to protect children and the elderly and provide non-medical assistance to people with low incomes. State funding for the agency is $642 million in 2017, less than 3 percent of state spending. Child welfare-related services represent the largest share of the department’s responsibilities, […] Read more » Budget Primer Budget Primer FY2017 child care Safety Net
Budget Primer Health Justice Reports Timothy Sweeney Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017 July 20, 2016 / March 23, 2021 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies, the departments of Community Health, Public Health and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. State funding for these three agencies totals nearly $4.5 billion in 2017, which is about 20 percent of total state spending. General fund appropriations account for $3.9 […] Read more » Budget Primer FY2017 health medicaid
