GBPI Senior Education Analyst Claire Suggs is quoted in this article on the education budget shortfall in Georgia’s 180 school districts; read full article here.
GBPI analyst Wesley Tharpe is quoted in this article on the state income tax; read full article here.
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on health savings under Medicaid expansion; read full article here.
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide to understanding the state’s revenue collections and its spending plan. The publication contains basics to help a novice digest the budget’s complexities.
Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, which has a 2014 budget of $486 million, or about 3 percent of the total. Budget cuts in recent years have strained
Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. More than half of that is for Medicaid and PeachCare. People enrolled in the Aged, Blind, Disabled Medicaid program account for the
The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state expenses. Still, Georgia’s investment in education is falling, even as its expectations of what they will accomplish are rising. The education section
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted in this article on Gov. Deal’s decision to veto tax breaks for food banks and medical charity clinics; read full article here.
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on health coverage for Georgia veterans; read full article here.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer features GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on budget cuts to Georgia’s education system; read full article here.
The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.
Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form:
