Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd As Medicaid Unwinding Draws Near, Legislators Should Invest in DFCS Staff to Help Keep Eligible Georgians from Losing Health Coverage February 24, 2023 / February 28, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd The Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) eligibility workers, some of whom process Medicaid cases and who continue to have high turnover, experienced a drop in their pay a few months before the unprecedented challenge of redetermining more than two million people’s Medicaid eligibility. Pay is a key factor in not just recruiting but […] Read more » Department of Family and Children Services DFCS medicaid medicaid unwinding Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 14, 2023 / February 15, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $948 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2024 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers and hiring hundreds of DFCS eligibility workers.[1] The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 proposal increases investment in the agency by $28 million more than the budget lawmakers approved […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd The Basics of Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program February 13, 2023 / January 15, 2025 by Ife Finch Floyd Quick fact sheet available here. What is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF? TANF is the state’s cash assistance program that supports families with children and with very low incomes. Parents must meet certain requirements, like work requirements, to qualify for the program. TANF started in 1996 and replaced the previous cash assistance program, […] Read more » cash assistance Economic Security Safety Net TANF
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning January 30, 2023 / February 1, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd The Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) administers the Pre-Kindergarten Program, Child Care Services, Nutrition Services and Quality Initiatives. State resources only support the pre-K program and Child Care Services. While the governor did not add resources in his proposed amended fiscal year budget for DECAL, he did propose $498 million for […] Read more » child care DECAL Department of Early Care and Learning Pre-K
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Community Impact Health Justice Higher Education Inclusive Economy for Immigrants K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Worker Justice 2023 Policy Priorities January 9, 2023 / May 12, 2023 by Nadia Hicks | 1 Comment on 2023 Policy Priorities The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all Georgians equitably share in the state’s prosperity. These are the policy priorities GBPI will track during 2023. For more insights throughout Legislative Session, be sure to follow @GaBudget on Twitter or on Instagram @georgiabudget and sign up for our newsletter. […] Read more » policy priorities
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Inclusive Economy for Immigrants New Survey Suggests School Districts Need State Funding to Better Implement Paid Parental Leave September 26, 2022 / September 26, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd Like other workers, our public school and state employees, who serve Georgians every day, deserve supports and assistance that strengthen their families. The state’s paid parental leave program is meant to help them when they need time to care and adjust to life after the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a new child. […] Read more » k-12 education paid leave parental leave
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Cash Supports Should be Integrated into the Maternal-Infant Health Policy Agenda August 29, 2022 / August 30, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd GBPI would like to thank Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia for their thoughtful review of this paper. Key Takeaways The wellbeing of Georgia’s children and families starts with healthy mothers and babies. Research is finds that financial stability during the earliest years of a child’s life can lead to positive outcomes in adulthood. […] Read more » child care EITC housing maternal health medicaid Safety Net TANF
Cash and Safety Net GBPI In The News Health Justice K-12 Education Press Releases & Statements PRESS RELEASE: Georgia Must Reinforce Health and Safety Net Ecosystem in The Wake of The 11th Circuit Decision August 4, 2022 / August 8, 2022 by Anthony Hill RELEASE: Georgia Must Reinforce Health and Safety Net Ecosystem in The Wake of The 11th Circuit Decision ATLANTA — In response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit’s decision last week to allow Georgia’s House Bill 481 to go into effect following the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, the Georgia Budget and […] Read more » health health-care immigration Press Release
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd This section is co-authored by Economic Justice Senior Policy Analyst Ife Finch Floyd and Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Policy Analyst Ray Khalfani. Georgia’s 2023 Human Services Budget State lawmakers approved $920 million for the Department of Human Services (DHS). The DHS budget restores cuts from previous years and includes more state resources than […] Read more » Department of Human Services Safety Net State Budget
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Inclusive Economy for Immigrants A Quick Summary of Key Safety Net Programs in Georgia July 26, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd News stories and online commentary have noted that states with bans on abortion also lack strong social and economic supports for expecting women and birthing people and families with infants. Georgia is one of the states that has now instituted an abortion ban starting when embryonic cardiac activity is detected, usually around 6 weeks. Women […] Read more » child care EITC housing medicaid Safety Net TANF
