Alex Camardelle Blog Cash and Safety Net State Child Care Plan Makes Headway for Student Parents, Access Remains Restricted June 1, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Alex Camardelle Georgia officials are considering a plan for child care assistance that proposes improvements that can help families, but still doesn’t include enough money to fulfill its promise. This week, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute submitted comments on Georgia’s Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) proposal for the federal budget years 2019 through 2021. The […] Read more » child care Child Care and Development Fund Georgia families student parents Technical College System of Georgia
Alex Camardelle Cash and Safety Net Reports Food Assistance for 1.7 million Georgians at Risk in Federal Proposals May 16, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Alex Camardelle Lawmakers in Congress and the Trump administration are staging a multi-prong assault on the nation’s primary tool for helping families keep enough food on the table, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While SNAP recipients depend on food assistance for nutrition, it also comes with a package of other benefits related to health, household finances, […] Read more » SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Alex Camardelle Blog Cash and Safety Net Proposed Farm Bill Creates Steep Federal Barriers to Food Assistance May 7, 2018 / February 26, 2021 by Alex Camardelle Congress is poised to put the nutritional health and economic vitality of hundreds of thousands of Georgians at risk as it prepares to reauthorize the federal Farm Bill and its wide range of agricultural and rural development programs. Top threats to Georgians include the Farm Bill’s provisions to require work in exchange for food assistance […] Read more » farm bill Food Assistance food stamps SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements
Blog Cash and Safety Net Jennifer Owens Proposed Rule on Food Assistance Would Limit State Flexibility April 4, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Owens The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is submitting objections this week to a proposed federal rule change that threatens to block access to food assistance for Georgians living in poverty. The comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urge the rejection of a proposed rule that governs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) 3-month time-limit […] Read more » economy Food Assistance SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program U.S. Department of Agriculture
Alex Camardelle Blog Cash and Safety Net Planned Federal Food Assistance Changes a Threat to Georgians, Grocers March 20, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Alex Camardelle | 1 Comment on Planned Federal Food Assistance Changes a Threat to Georgians, Grocers The White House proposed a 2019 budget last month that makes steep cuts to one of the strongest lines of defense this country uses to fight hunger: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The proposal calls for slashing food assistance, commonly known as food stamps, by $213 billion over the next decade. The plan is […] Read more » federal budget Food Assistance SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements
Cash and Safety Net Reports Taifa Smith Butler Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 13, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler Foster Care Services Get Increases for Foster Parents, Child Placement Agencies Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $788 million Department of Human Services budget for the 2019 fiscal year includes new support to meet the growing needs in the state’s foster care system and to help ensure the safety and protection of Georgia’s most vulnerable children. The […] Read more » Budget Department of Human Services Division of Family and Children Services foster-care Safety Net Taifa Smith Butler
Cash and Safety Net Higher Education Jennifer Lee Jennifer Owens K-12 Education Reports Worker Justice Boost Georgia’s Workforce with Affordable Child Care for Student Parents January 10, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Georgia can help produce enough college graduates to meet employer demand and improve family incomes by increasing child care funding. Nearly 1,300 Georgia single parents with low incomes are already enrolled in college programs in high-demand career fields, but the state does not set aside money to help these parents with child care. This omission […] Read more » child care Childcare and Parent Services Economic Security economy HOPE HOPE Career Grant workforce
Blog Cash and Safety Net Jennifer Owens Federal Budget Proposal Threatens to Clear Dinner Tables of Rural Georgia Families November 2, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Owens | 2 Comments on Federal Budget Proposal Threatens to Clear Dinner Tables of Rural Georgia Families The congressional budget plan that passed both the U.S. House and Senate last month calls for deep cuts in many important programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. The SNAP program will help nearly 1.7 million Georgians this year put food on the table. Forty-five percent of SNAP recipients […] Read more » agriculture food stamps rural Georgia SNAP
Blog Cash and Safety Net Bigger Tax Credits for Working Families Lead to Bigger, Healthier Babies October 26, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Eric Strunz Some 1,047 babies in Georgia a year can be saved from risky, low birth weight if lawmakers pass a credit to offset state taxes for low-income working families, according to a new study. State tax credits for working families with modest wages are linked to higher birth weights for babies across the country, and larger […] Read more » EITC Georgia Work Credit Safety Net tax-credits taxes
Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Planned Federal Budget Cuts Likely to Increase Hunger Risk for Georgians July 27, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Melissa Johnson The U.S. House Budget Committee passed a resolution last week calling for deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly called food stamps). If these cuts took effect, nearly 1.6 million Georgians who rely on the program will face a greater chance of hunger. That includes children, seniors, people with disabilities, workers and […] Read more » Food Assistance food stamps Safety Net SNAP
