Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 14, 2023 / February 15, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $948 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2024 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers and hiring hundreds of DFCS eligibility workers.[1] The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 proposal increases investment in the agency by $28 million more than the budget lawmakers approved […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Ashley Young Budget and Taxes Higher Education Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs February 14, 2023 / February 14, 2023 by Ashley Young Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2024 budget includes $1.4 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) and HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) financial aid programs. About $1 billion is for HOPE, and $436 million is allotted for pre-K. By the Numbers Overall, the fiscal year 2024 budget for lottery-funded HOPE programs grew by $62 million. […] Read more » Budget Higher Education HOPE HOPE Career Grant HOPE Scholarship Lottery Pre-K tcsg University System of Georgia usg
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd The Basics of Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program February 13, 2023 / January 15, 2025 by Ife Finch Floyd Quick fact sheet available here. What is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF? TANF is the state’s cash assistance program that supports families with children and with very low incomes. Parents must meet certain requirements, like work requirements, to qualify for the program. TANF started in 1996 and replaced the previous cash assistance program, […] Read more » cash assistance Economic Security Safety Net TANF
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 8, 2023 / February 8, 2023 by Leah Chan Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides Georgia’s behavioral health and developmental disabilities safety net with $1.4 billion in state general funds, a $69 million or about five percent increase above current funding. The proposal includes a $2,000 cost-of-living increase for full-time staff. The proposal also increases funding to expand […] Read more » Behavioral Health Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Budget Cuts dbhdd
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health February 8, 2023 / February 8, 2023 by Leah Chan Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides Georgia’s health care safety net with $4.2 billion in state general funds, a $370 million or nine percent increase above current funding. Most of the increase is accounted for by shifts in annual re-calculations of the federal matching rate for Medicaid and PeachCare, […] Read more » Department of Community Health health-care medicaid patients first act PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Public Health February 7, 2023 / February 7, 2023 by Leah Chan Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides Georgia’s state public health system with $370 million in state general funds, a $13.8 million or four percent increase above current funding. Over half (about 54 percent) of those state general funds will be allocated to the 159 county health departments. The budget […] Read more » Department of Public Health health health-care Public Health
Blog Budget and Taxes People Powered Prosperity New GBPI/UGA Poll Shows Georgians Support State Investments to Boost Health, Education, and Economic Mobility February 3, 2023 / May 12, 2023 by Lauren Frazier A new poll commissioned by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) and the University of Georgia (UGA) shows that most Georgians support increased funding for people-first priorities that help every community thrive. As a nonpartisan research and policy institute, GBPI is proud to be a trusted resource for data and analysis that influences the […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes health Higher Education K-12 People-Powered Prosperity tax breaks
Ashley Young Budget and Taxes Higher Education Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education February 2, 2023 / February 2, 2023 by Ashley Young Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed 2024 budget allocates $3.2 billion for the Board of Regents and $442 million for the Technical College System of Georgia. University System of Georgia Funding for the teaching portion of the university system’s operating budget is set to increase by $121 million to $2.9 billion. Major highlights include the […] Read more » Budget Higher Education tcsg University System of Georgia usg
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 31, 2023 / January 31, 2023 by Stephen Owens Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides Georgia’s public schools $11.9 billion, a $1.2 billion increase above current funding. The proposal includes an increase of $290 million to give teachers a cost-of-living adjustment and $846 million to assume the increases to the employer share for certified members of the State […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning January 30, 2023 / February 1, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd The Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) administers the Pre-Kindergarten Program, Child Care Services, Nutrition Services and Quality Initiatives. State resources only support the pre-K program and Child Care Services. While the governor did not add resources in his proposed amended fiscal year budget for DECAL, he did propose $498 million for […] Read more » child care DECAL Department of Early Care and Learning Pre-K
