Updated September 23, 2025 The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a proven and effective tool to reduce food insecurity, help improve health outcomes, bolster local economies and support workers with low wages.[1] SNAP, also known as food stamps,
In 2018, GBPI launched People-Powered Prosperity (PPP), an economic vision and policy agenda for Georgia focused on leveraging the state’s most powerful economic asset—its people. PPP detailed a plan for how state leaders could pursue strategies to help all Georgians
This policy brief is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Director of Health Justice Leah Chan. The vision cast by Black leaders and scholars of “a world where Black women and birthing people have the rights,
Georgia’s Department of Corrections Budget Georgia’s Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024 is $1.33 billion. GDC oversees all aspects of the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most
This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Ray Khalfani. FY 2024 Budget for Human Services The fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget includes $985 million for
RELEASE: GBPI Examines the Current State of Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas in Post-Pandemic Georgia ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute released a blog titled ‘Surviving not Thriving: Post-Pandemic Economic Security for Black Women
In 2021, GBPI reflected on the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic security for Black women and Latinas. On May 11, the national public health emergency, which was declared more than three years ago, officially expires. During the
Legislative Session 2023 finished in the usual flurry of maneuvers and votes that lasted until the final minutes of Sine Die—the 40th and final day that the Georgia General Assembly meets each year. Throughout Sine Die, GBPI remained focused
As of Crossover Day, March 6, 2023, Georgia’s House and Senate each voted to pass unemployment insurance (UI) bills, House Bill (HB) 518 and Senate Bill (SB) 160, out of their respective chambers. These bills have three main
Yesterday, March 6, marked Crossover Day 2023, the day by which a bill generally must pass out of its originating legislative chamber to be considered this session by the other chamber. Several important bills passed out of their chamber and
Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form:
