Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning February 21, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Ife Finch Floyd Download PDF In his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget, Gov. Kemp proposed $461 million for the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL). It includes more state resources for Child Care Services and pay raises for pre-Kindergarten teachers and assistant teachers. The FY 2023 proposal increases investment in the agency by $21 million […] Read more » child care DECAL Department of Early Care and Learning Pre-K
Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections February 16, 2022 / February 17, 2022 by Ray Khalfani For Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.27 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Furthermore, as part of a dual-agency operation to purchase and construct new state prison facilities, he proposed an additional $167.7 million for the Georgia […] Read more » corrections legal system
Cash and Safety Net Fact Sheets Ife Finch Floyd People Powered Prosperity Fact Sheet: Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Family’s Benefit Has Not Increased in More Than 30 Years and Fails to Meet the Growing Cost of Basic Needs February 8, 2022 / February 8, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Family’s (TANF) benefit has not increased in more than 30 years and fails to meet the growing cost of basic needs. Cash Aid 1991 2022 Benefit Level Change Nominal TANF Grant For a family of 3 $280 $280 Unchanged Everyday household and personal care items have increased […] Read more » cash assistance inflation TANF
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 3, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Ife Finch Floyd Download PDF Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $903 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2023 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers as well as some additional investments in Georgia’s foster care system that help ensure the safety and protection of Georgia’s most vulnerable children. The Fiscal […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Blog Cash and Safety Net Federal Policy Ife Finch Floyd Important Facts for Claiming the Expanded Child Tax Credit February 1, 2022 / October 11, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd What is the Child Tax Credit? The federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) helps families with the cost of raising children. This round of the CTC provides $3,000 a year for each child ages 6 to 17 and $3,600 a year for each child under 6. In other years, the CTC was only $2,000 per child, […] Read more » Child Tax Credit
Blog Crystal Munoz Federal Policy Health Justice Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Worker Justice Over-Represented Among the Vulnerable, Under-Protected In the Pandemic: Georgia Immigrants Deserve Better December 17, 2021 / December 17, 2021 by Crystal Muñoz As the pandemic continues, one glaring outcome has been increased disparities between certain groups. During the beginning of the pandemic and the immunization stage, numbers and percentages of those infected and vaccinated gave us a clear indication that this pandemic was disproportionately affecting some more than others. One group that has been disproportionately and negatively […] Read more » Build Back Better covid five-year waiting period immigration pandemic vaccine
Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Unjust Revenue from an Imbalanced Criminal Legal System: How Georgia’s Fines and Fees Worsen Racial Inequity December 16, 2021 / December 17, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Key Takeaways: Georgia’s poor governance of fines and fees revenue practices has allowed many economically underperforming localities to over-rely on fines and fees revenue, significantly contributing to Georgia having the highest probation rate in the country. Of the more than 430,000 Georgians who were on probation in 2018, nearly 40 percent of them were on […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems driver's licenses fees fines revenue
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 2022 Policy Priorities December 13, 2021 / January 7, 2022 by Caitlin Highland The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all Georgians share in the state’s prosperity. These are the policy priorities GBPI will track during 2022. Many are part of our People-Powered Prosperity campaign. For more insights throughout session, be sure to follow @GaBudget on Twitter or georgiabudget on Instagram […] Read more »
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Georgia Can Afford to Begin to Modernize TANF and Move Past Its Racist Legacy December 10, 2021 / February 9, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the cash assistance program to families with children and with very low incomes, should help stabilize any family, Black, Brown or white, when they experience a life challenge like a job loss. Yet TANF was built on racist narratives and policies that have kept it from being the program […] Read more » cash assistance Economic Security Safety Net TANF
Blog Dominique Derbigny Sims Worker Justice Unequal Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Impacted Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas November 18, 2021 / April 25, 2023 by Dominique Derbigny Sims | 1 Comment on Unequal Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Impacted Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas Nearly two years into a global public health crisis, most people are experiencing some degree of pandemic burnout, but COVID-19 and its ensuing economic effects have not impacted everyone equally. People who were systematically marginalized before the pandemic are bearing the brunt of its devastation, especially women of color with low incomes. Although Black women […] Read more » COVID-19 Economic Security racial equity women
