Fact Sheets Health Justice Laura Harker People Powered Prosperity Fact Sheet: Supporting Early Childhood Education Programs for Health and Well-Being of Georgia Children and Families September 21, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker Download PDF Early care and education (ECE) centers play an integral role in the health and well-being for many children and families in Georgia. The holistic approach ECE centers provide has a substantial, lasting and intergenerational impact on health and well-being, particularly for children from families with low incomes. How Early Childhood Education […] Read more » Caps child care DECAL early care and education early childhood education health
Health Justice Jyll Walsh Laura Harker People Powered Prosperity Reports Support Early Childhood Education Programs for Health and Well-Being of Georgia Families September 15, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker Download PDF This report was written in partnership with Jyll Walsh, GBPI doctoral intern. Early care and education (ECE) centers play an integral role in the health and well-being of many children and families in Georgia. The holistic approach ECE centers can provide has shown to have a substantial, lasting and even intergenerational impact on […] Read more » child care early childhood education health Pre-K
Budget Primer Health Justice Laura Harker Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Laura Harker Georgia’s 2021 Health Care Budget Three state agencies are primarily responsible for health care services in Georgia: the Departments of Community Health, Public Health and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. State funding for these three agencies totals $5.2 billion for 2021, or about 20 percent of state general spending. General Fund appropriations for these agencies […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts health medicaid
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Coronavirus Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Taifa Smith Butler Worker Justice GBPI Writes Senator Perdue About the HEROES Act July 27, 2020 / November 17, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler GBPI recently wrote the following letter to Senators Perdue and Loeffler asking them to support the HEROES act and aid Georgians in this difficult time. We need your help — please write our senators today asking them to help Georgians recover and thrive. July 24, 2020 Dear Senator Perdue: Georgians have been hit hard by the COVID-19 […] Read more »
Bill Analysis Health Justice Laura Harker People Powered Prosperity GBPI Submits Public Comment on New 1332 Waiver Application July 24, 2020 / July 24, 2020 by Laura Harker July 23, 2020 Ryan Loke c/o The Office of the Governor 206 Washington Street Suite 115, State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Re: Georgia Section 1332 Waiver Application Dear Mr. Loke, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Georgia’s proposal to waive federal rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I am writing on […] Read more » 1332 health-care public comment Waiver
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Community Impact Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Worker Justice Raise Revenue to Protect Georgia Families June 11, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Alex Welch Download PDF Dear Governor Kemp and Members of the Georgia General Assembly, Thank you for your work in service of our state during this very difficult time. As partners in the effort to help our state recover, we are asking you to take action to protect the funding of critical services and programs in Georgia. […] Read more » 21budgetcuts Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts coronavirus Education health Higher Education K-12 Safety Net
Coronavirus Cover GA Health Justice Laura Harker People Powered Prosperity Reports Make Public Health a Priority in Georgia During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond June 8, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker Download PDF The state of Georgia plans to spend about $4 billion in state funds on health care programs in Fiscal Year 2021. Most of this spending flows to health care services through Medicaid, the state’s health insurance program serving almost 2 million Georgians. States play an important role in ensuring people can access clinical […] Read more » aids coronavirus health-care hiv maternal health covid Public Health
Blog Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Health Justice Jennifer Owens Standing with Black Lives June 3, 2020 / June 3, 2020 by Jennifer Owens Amid the ongoing protests and demonstrations against police brutality, frustration over the deep and long-standing inequities in our societies and systems is on full display. The sin of white supremacy and inadequate, often racist actions by our nation, our state, generations before me, my generation and me drives a fiery desire for absolution. But standing […] Read more » Budget Cuts criminal justice maternal mortality medicaid racial inequities second chance employment
Coronavirus Health Justice Laura Harker People Powered Prosperity Reports Georgia’s COVID-19 Public Health Response Must Include Support for Stable, Quality Housing May 7, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker | 1 Comment on Georgia’s COVID-19 Public Health Response Must Include Support for Stable, Quality Housing Download PDF The COVID-19 pandemic is making it even more clear how interconnected health is with other areas of life such as economic security, education, food security and housing stability. Investments in health care systems and public health infrastructure have been an important part of the pandemic response. But we are also seeing how non-health […] Read more » American Health Care Act coronavirus covid health-care homelessness housing medicaid
Blog Coronavirus Health Justice Laura Harker People Powered Prosperity Fast Facts on Medicaid Expansion April 23, 2020 / July 28, 2020 by Laura Harker | 2 Comments on Fast Facts on Medicaid Expansion Key Takeaways The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting Black Georgians, who are more likely to contract and pass away from the virus and work in jobs facing layoffs and furloughs, and will likely push communities of color deeper into poverty, and is decimating the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Immediate Medicaid expansion would […] Read more » coronavirus COVID-19 health medicaid
