Category: Economic Justice
Our Comment on the National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database
Staci Fox
July 22, 2025
On July 21, 2025, GBPI’s President and CEO, Staci Fox, submitted the following formal comment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) submits these comments in response to the System of Records Notice for
Historic Federal Tax Shift Benefits Wealthiest, Grows Deficit and Exacerbates Georgia’s Rural Challenges
GBPI Staff
July 17, 2025
The role of government in society is to enact policies that are needed to advance towards economic justice. Those policies include supporting Georgians’ basic needs (food shelter, healthcare, education), improving their household financial stability (living wages/stable resources to pay bills)
Georgia Economic Justice Primer for State Fiscal Year 2026
Ife Finch Floyd
June 30, 2025
Read More of the 2026 Budget Primer here. The Georgia Department of Labor FY 2026 Budget The Georgia Department of Labor (DOL) is an agency tasked with providing employment services for businesses and workers, workforce data and maintaining an Unemployment
World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month: Love Your Neighbor and Do Something
David Schaefer
June 20, 2025
Friday June 20, 2025 is World Refugee Day, and Immigrant Heritage Month is celebrated throughout the month of June. Both offer moments for reflection and encouragement as those of other nations come to US shores to help us form a
The House Agriculture Committee Proposes Unprecedented Changes to the SNAP Program that Would Increase Food Insecurity
Ife Finch Floyd
May 22, 2025
The House is rushing the process to fundamentally change the structure of the SNAP program. They held no hearings before the House Agriculture Committee decided to make these dramatic changes. Therefore, some critical details are unknown because they are not
The Data is in on Federal Budget Cuts: Great Harm for Rural Georgians, Georgians of Color and Georgians with Low-Incomes
Staci Fox
April 14, 2025
Georgia’s future depends on every community having the tools to thrive. For too long, systemic barriers have made it harder for low-income families, rural residents, immigrants, and communities of color to access quality health care, education, housing, and economic opportunity.
GBPI Applauds Introduction of the American Family Act, 2025
Staci Fox
April 9, 2025
Today, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock introduced the American Family Act , which would expand the federal refundable child tax credit (CTC). This bill would enhance the credit so that it would increase benefits and reach more families with children. The
Major SNAP Cuts Would Increase Food Insecurity & Harm Local Economies
Ife Finch Floyd
April 8, 2025
See how cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would harm counties in your Congressional District: District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 District 11 District 12
Wrapping up Georgia’s 2025 Legislative Session
Staci Fox
April 7, 2025
Friday was Sine Die in Georgia, the day by which a bill must pass out of the Georgia General Assembly to become law this year. The largest bill, and the only one that the General Assembly is obligated to pass,
