Blog Crystal Munoz Federal Policy Inclusive Economy for Immigrants New Administration, New(ish) Immigration Rules: Policy Continuity and Change Under President Biden and the Experience of Georgia Communities October 22, 2021 / October 25, 2021 by Crystal Muñoz Key Takeaways Georgia has 18,000 DACA recipients. These recipients rely on DACA to be able to work and live without having to worry about the threat of deportation. As DACA continues to play out in the courts, thousands are left in limbo with no permanent solution. Migrant Protection Protocol was used to stop thousands of […] Read more »
Blog Cash and Safety Net Federal Policy Advancing Equity: Ensuring Immigrant Families Can Access the Expanded Child Tax Credit October 13, 2021 / October 14, 2021 by Ife Finch Floyd Key takeaways: The Child Tax Credit has the power to significantly reduce the racial and ethnic disparities in child poverty in Georgia, but more needs to be done to ensure immigrant families have access to the program in the near and long term. Families with very low income who do not have to file taxes […] Read more »
Blog Caitlin Highland Cash and Safety Net Federal Policy Health Justice Higher Education Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Worker Justice Breaking Down the Federal Recovery Proposal September 30, 2021 / September 30, 2021 by Caitlin Highland The recovery legislation taking shape in the House of Representatives will allow our families and our economy to achieve our long-term potential by reducing longstanding racial and economic inequity. It expands opportunity, creates jobs, lowers the costs of health care and makes economy-boosting investments that will improve Georgians’ lives—investments paid for by rebalancing the tax […] Read more » Child Tax Credit Federal Recovery medicaid Pell Grants Reconciliation
Blog Cash and Safety Net Federal Policy It’s Not Too Late: Georgia Families Can Still Get Their Checks September 22, 2021 / September 24, 2021 by Ife Finch Floyd Note: This piece has been updated to reflect an extended deadline to use Code for America’s IRS-approved portal. The deadline to use this tool is now November 15. Key Takeaways: About 159,000 Georgia children live in families at risk of missing out on the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) and other economic relief payments. November […] Read more » Child Tax Credit
Blog Ray Khalfani Worker Justice Risk without Reward: Georgia Workers Deserve Better September 2, 2021 / September 2, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Key Takeaways This Labor Day offers an opportunity to recalibrate our policy approach to better protect labor in our state while placing a mirror to reflect on the state’s harmful impulses to continue down a path of anti-labor policy choices. GBPI envisions Georgia policies that foster worker power–equitable working conditions, livable pay, adequate unemployment protections […] Read more » Economic Security Jobs Unemployment Insurance
Blog Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Immigrant-Inclusive Tax Credits Are More Important Than Ever August 10, 2021 / August 10, 2021 by Crystal Muñoz Key Takeaways The changes made to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) are targeted to help those with low and moderate incomes and have the potential to lift millions out of poverty. The EITC excludes Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) filers, and the […] Read more »
Federal Policy Health Justice K-12 Education Worker Justice New GBPI Poll Shows Georgians Want American Rescue Plan Dollars to Support Health, Economic Recovery, Education August 3, 2021 / October 4, 2021 by Caitlin Highland | 4 Comments on New GBPI Poll Shows Georgians Want American Rescue Plan Dollars to Support Health, Economic Recovery, Education Georgia will receive $4.9 billion in federal emergency relief and infrastructure funding as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). This money is meant to be used to support Georgians as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. State leaders are currently exploring the best ways to spend these funds. Targeted investments to bolster education outcomes, […] Read more » American Rescue Plan COVID-19 Economic Security Education health
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Georgia’s 2022 Department of Corrections Budget The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for FY 2022 is $1.12 billion. The department oversees all aspects of the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most of the department’s workforce. The most recent reform efforts focus on more cost-efficient spending […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems Department of Corrections State Budget
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Georgia’s 2022 Human Services Budget The $817 million FY 2022 budget for the Department of Human Services (DHS) increases spending from FY 2021 levels by $20 million to protect the safety of Georgia’s most vulnerable children and families. The Department remains $13 million below FY 2020 spending levels, which were reduced due to anticipated declines […] Read more » Department of Human Services Safety Net State Budget
Blog Ray Khalfani Worker Justice Why Scaling Back Unemployment Insurance Could Harm Recovery June 24, 2021 / June 24, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Key Takeaways: Georgia is three days away from prematurely cutting pandemic unemployment insurance (UI). The changes will harm an estimated 347,000 Georgians and sever all UI safety net protections for 104,000 self-employed, gig-workers and part-time workers. Prematurely cutting pandemic UI threatens to erode the worker power it was meant to create by undermining leverage for […] Read more » economy Jobs Unemployment
