Blog Budget and Taxes Caitlin Highland Criminal Legal System Reform Health Justice Higher Education K-12 Education People Powered Prosperity Worker Justice Crossover Day 2022: Strong Health and Economic Legislation Cross Over, But Dangerous Tax Threat Remains March 16, 2022 / March 17, 2022 by Caitlin Highland Yesterday, March 15, marked Crossover Day 2022, the day by which a bill generally must pass out of its legislative chamber of origin to be considered by the other chamber this session. Several important bills passed out of their chamber and are now eligible to be approved before Sine Die, the end of Georgia’s Legislative […] Read more » Budget Criminal Legal Systems Crossover Day Economic Justice Education health-care tax
Bill Analysis Higher Education Jennifer Lee Legislation Advances to Establish Need-Based Grant Supporting College Completion | Bill Analysis: House Bill 1435 (LC 50 0377S) March 11, 2022 / March 15, 2022 by Jennifer Lee House Bill 1435 outlines a needs-based completion grant for college students. It builds off the governor’s federally funded pilot [1] started in 2020 to help students with unmet financial need pay their college bills and needs-based financial aid language passed by the Legislature in 2018 [2] but not yet funded. Summary The bill makes […] Read more » Higher Education need-based aid
Bill Analysis Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD House Proposes Massive Tax Cuts for Wealthiest, Slashing State Revenues | Bill Analysis: House Bill 1437 (LC 43 2318S) March 10, 2022 / March 11, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Members of the Georgia General Assembly are considering House Bill 1437 (LC 43 2318S), legislation that would fundamentally change the structure of the tax code and result in disproportionately large tax cuts for the wealthiest while hundreds of thousands of families would see tax increases or few benefits. This is due to the […] Read more » Budget Earned Income Tax Credit flat tax Income Tax
Blog Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd People Powered Prosperity Temporary Exemptions from SNAP’s Three-Month Time Limit Supports Food Security March 8, 2022 / March 8, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd | 1 Comment on Temporary Exemptions from SNAP’s Three-Month Time Limit Supports Food Security Georgians recognize that when an individual cannot find a job or when the state experiences economic hardship, supports to help people afford food are critical. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp program) does just that. However, there is a rule within the SNAP program that punishes some individuals when […] Read more » Safety Net SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Budget and Taxes Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor February 24, 2022 / February 24, 2022 by Ray Khalfani | 1 Comment on Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor The governor is requesting modest spending increases to the Department of Labor (DOL) to amend to the current fiscal year (FY 2022) while seeking major budgetary changes that would transfer select programs out of DOL’s purview in the next fiscal year (FY 2023). The request amends the current fiscal year (FY 2022) spending […] Read more » Department of Labor jobs and economy
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Completion Grants Help Students Persist and Graduate February 23, 2022 / February 23, 2022 by Jennifer Lee Access to postsecondary education can transform a student’s life. But sometimes, especially for the 42 percent of students paying for college and living costs on their own, a small financial setback can make paying a tuition or housing bill just out of reach and threaten years of educational progress. Completion grants are a solution to […] Read more » college college affordability completion grants Higher Education
Fact Sheets Higher Education Jennifer Lee The Need for Need-Based Aid February 23, 2022 / February 24, 2022 by Jennifer Lee Georgia is one of only two states that lack broad need-based financial aid. 75 percent of Georgians support funding a need-based aid scholarship for college students. Nearly 112,000 students deal with unmet financial need, according to the University System of Georgia (USG). 42 percent of students reported not receiving any financial support from parents or […] Read more » Higher Education need-based aid
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning February 21, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Ife Finch Floyd Download PDF In his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget, Gov. Kemp proposed $461 million for the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL). It includes more state resources for Child Care Services and pay raises for pre-Kindergarten teachers and assistant teachers. The FY 2023 proposal increases investment in the agency by $21 million […] Read more » child care DECAL Department of Early Care and Learning Pre-K
Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections February 16, 2022 / February 17, 2022 by Ray Khalfani For Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.27 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Furthermore, as part of a dual-agency operation to purchase and construct new state prison facilities, he proposed an additional $167.7 million for the Georgia […] Read more » corrections legal system
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 16, 2022 / February 17, 2022 by David Schaefer Gov. Brian Kemp’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget proposal increases funding for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) by $129 million compared to FY 2021, an 11 percent increase in state funds.[1] The FY 2023 budget proposal is a $96 million increase over FY 2020, representing a total increase of […] Read more » Behavioral Health Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Budget Cuts dbhdd
