Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Reports Worker Justice Career Pathways Can Strengthen Georgia Families June 15, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Georgia parents work hard every day to put food on the table and provide a brighter future for their children. Yet more than one in three of the state’s working families with children are likely to find themselves struggling to make ends meet due to low income.[1] Nearly 392,000 working families with children are considered […] Read more » economy Jobs Melissa Johnson Report Safety Net TANF
Cash and Safety Net Fact Sheets Melissa Johnson Work Requirements, Time Limits Constrain Food Assistance May 25, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Melissa Johnson This year the state informed nearly 12,000 Georgians that they were at risk of being cut off from food assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly called food stamps). Georgia terminated this help for some because of time limits built into the program’s rules. Observers often refer to these time limits as the […] Read more » Food Assistance food stamps Melissa Johnson Safety Net SNAP
Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Reports Worker Justice Support Adult English Language Education to Invest in Future May 4, 2017 / March 18, 2021 by Melissa Johnson One in five Georgia children lives with at least one immigrant parent and nearly half of immigrants in Georgia struggle to speak English. When parents struggle to speak English, it not only hurts their ability to bring home higher pay to support their families, it also limits their involvement in their children’s education. This reduces […] Read more »
Melissa Johnson Reports Worker Justice Underfunded English Training Limits Contribution from Georgia’s College-Educated Immigrants April 21, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Melissa Johnson The strength of Georgia’s workforce is undermined by a lack of funding for English language programs. About 55,000 immigrants in Georgia hold a bachelor’s degree or higher and also struggle to speak English, an impediment that prevents many from fully putting their expertise to work here.[1] Georgia’s English language programs enrolled only about 12,000 adults […] Read more » immigration
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Tax Break Scheme Aimed at Rural Jobs Offers Georgia a Poor Return on Investment April 18, 2017 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Among the bills now awaiting signature or veto by Gov. Nathan Deal is a complicated new tax break that promises a windfall to some well-connected financial firms and little to no benefit to rural communities it promises to help. Senate Bill 133, called the Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act, narrowly passed the state Senate […] Read more » CAPCO tax breaks
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Health Justice K-12 Education Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice 2017 GBPI Legislative Recap, Sine Die Edition March 31, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe As Georgia lawmakers opened the 2017 General Assembly January 9, our top legislative priorities included renewal of a fee critical to the state’s health care system, momentum for a bottom-up tax cut for workers and commitment to supporting high-quality public schools. Lawmakers debated those issues and many others before adjourning late yesterday. Today’s recap updates […] Read more » Sine Die
GBPI In The News Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Immigration debate fuels worry about H-1B program March 9, 2017 / April 2, 2020 by GBPI Admin Emory University employs about 300 foreign workers under temporary visas, assigning them to a wide range of research projects. Their work “is part of our core mission,” says Philip Wainwright, vice provost for global strategy. “The program and the research we think benefits the United States and benefits human kind.” Emory is one of the […] Read more » immigration Wesley Tharpe
Blog Budget and Taxes Melissa Johnson Worker Justice Immigrant ID Bills Amount to $1 Million in Waste February 17, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson One Senate bill and two House bills threaten to waste more than $1 million in state taxpayer dollars to change driver’s license and identification cards issued to immigrants, including refugees and legal permanent residents. If any of these bills pass, Georgia will spend valuable time and money tilting at windmills, while taking an unwelcoming stance […] Read more » immigration
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Reports Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 7, 2017 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Services for Children and Older Adults Get Substantial Boost Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $732 million Department of Human Services 2018 budget takes another significant step forward to restoring and fortifying the agency after recession-era cuts. The spending plan adds substantial money for child welfare and other human services. Still, more money is needed to ensure […] Read more » Child Welfare Department of Human Services FY2018
Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Young Immigrants Vital to Georgia’s Workforce, Healthy Economy February 1, 2017 / March 18, 2021 by Wesley Tharpe Potential harsher federal immigration policies under the new presidential administration pose special concern for young Georgians whose parents brought them to the United States as children. A new federal crackdown threatens havoc for tens of thousands of young Georgians who now enjoy some limited legal protections which allow them to work, go to school and […] Read more » daca immigration
