From Growers to Grocers: How SNAP Supports the Food Distribution System
Ife Finch Floyd
October 27, 2025
Category: Economic Justice
GBPI Responds to SNAP Funding Amidst Government Shutdown
Ife Finch Floyd
October 23, 2025
As there is no clear resolution to the federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use all the available Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds to provide some SNAP benefits to recipients in November. This is
GBPI Responds to Congressional Vote on the American Relief Act, 2025
Staci Fox
October 1, 2025
Georgia — “Coming together to enact a federal budget that responsibly funds our government remains among the most basic responsibilities of Congress and requires bipartisan compromise,” said Staci Fox, President and CEO of the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute. “Shutting
GBPI Comment to Improve Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
David Schaefer
September 3, 2025
By notice issued on 7/2/25, the Department of Labor (DOL, henceforth “the Department”) has published proposals for the rescission of rules published by the Department on April 29, 2024, governing aspects of the H-2A guest workers program. The Georgia Budget
Labor Day 2025: State Complacency and Federal Decisions Threaten Workers’ Economic Security
David Schaefer
September 1, 2025
Georgia is often cited as “no. 1 for business,” but developments in 2025 underscore the state’s history of disinvesting in workers’ access to a living wage, nutrition, healthcare and more. For example, 34 states have a minimum wage that is
Beyond Flexible Funding: TANF Can Help Support Families with Emergency Assistance in the Face of Federal Cuts
Ife Finch Floyd
August 28, 2025
Strong and financially stable families are essential to a thriving Georgia. How Georgia’s state leaders use the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to respond to the massive federal changes to our economic support programs will demonstrate their commitment
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