Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ray Khalfani Georgia’s 2023 Department of Corrections Budget Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for FY 2023 is $1.28 billion. GDC oversees all aspects of the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most of the department’s workforce. Several reform bills since 2012 sought to address issues related to prison […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems Department of Corrections State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $30.2 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2023, which started July 1, 2022, represents a return to pre-pandemic levels of spending across most areas of government, albeit with state government employing nearly 5,800 fewer full-time staff in FY 2021 than it did in 2019, down nearly 9 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Higher Education K-12 Education Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by K-12 Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Stephen Owens and Higher Education Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Lee. Georgia’s 2023 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $10.7 billion in FY 2023. After years of budgets with dedicated cuts to the state’s education system, lawmakers met the school funding requirement […] Read more » Education Higher Education K-12 State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / September 6, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Introduction Georgia plans to spend $30.2 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2023 fiscal year. This budget largely reflects a restoration of previous COVID-era budget cuts and represented a unique opportunity to invest in state fiscal policies that advance racial equity and economic opportunity, and to help Georgia families from […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Health Justice Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Leah Chan | 1 Comment on Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 Georgia’s 2023 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Community Health and Public Health are the three primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $6.2 billion in total state funds for these three agencies in the 2023 budget year, or about 20 percent […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Inclusive Economy for Immigrants A Quick Summary of Key Safety Net Programs in Georgia July 26, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd News stories and online commentary have noted that states with bans on abortion also lack strong social and economic supports for expecting women and birthing people and families with infants. Georgia is one of the states that has now instituted an abortion ban starting when embryonic cardiac activity is detected, usually around 6 weeks. Women […] Read more » child care EITC housing medicaid Safety Net TANF
Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens How to Support Georgia’s Schools Post-Roe July 26, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Stephen Owens The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Roe v. Wade has left states to decide limits on abortion access. In 2019 Georgia lawmakers passed House Bill 481, banning most abortions once fetal cardiac activity is detected—roughly six weeks into a pregnancy. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided HB 481 can take effect. As […] Read more » Education K-12 paid leave sex education title ix
Blog Crystal Munoz Inclusive Economy for Immigrants World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month: How Welcoming is Georgia? June 20, 2022 / June 21, 2022 by Crystal Muñoz Over the past year or so, Georgians have grown increasingly aware of the challenges faced by refugees resettling in the state. A new report provides a wealth of information on how refugees in the U.S. fare over time and how they affect our local communities. Read more » immigration refugees
Blog Health Justice Leah Chan Opioid Settlement Funding Presents Opportunity to Address Georgia’s Drug Overdose Epidemic June 7, 2022 / June 13, 2022 by Leah Chan Georgia has the opportunity to tap into millions of dollars to address the drug overdose crisis thanks to settlements of lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and others involved in distribution and sales of prescription opioids. Most recently, in May 2022, Governor Kemp signed legislation that helps unlock $636 million from the settlement with Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen […] Read more » dbhdd opioid substance use
Bill Analysis Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD New Tax Plan Risks State’s Long-Term Fiscal Health, Worsens Income and Racial Inequities May 23, 2022 / May 23, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD House Bill 1437, signed into law by Gov. Kemp after a final version emerged during the last hours of Sine Die 2022, sets Georgia on course to make fundamental changes to its income tax that primarily benefit the state’s highest earners at an annual cost greater than $2 billion when fully implemented.[1],[2] Beyond […] Read more » Budget Earned Income Tax Credit flat tax Income Tax
