Budget and Taxes Health Justice Rachel Shanklin Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Public Health February 14, 2022 / February 15, 2022 by Rachel Shanklin GBPI Research Director David Schaefer also contributed to this report. Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2023 budget of $334.9 million in state general funds for the Department of Public Health (DPH). The agency is also set to receive $13.8 million from a tobacco industry legal settlement and $1.6 million from the Brain and […] Read more » Department of Public Health health-care Public Health
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Hundreds of Millions of Dollars at Stake for a Failed Policy | Bill Analysis House Bill 60 (LC 49 0793S) February 10, 2022 / February 10, 2022 by Stephen Owens Note: This piece provides an update to a 2021 analysis of a previous version of the bill, available here. Georgia’s General Assembly operates on a two-year session cycle, so while the bill did not pass in 2021 it is still live and lawmakers may consider the current version. Key Takeaways House Bill 60 would […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education vouchers
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Bill Analysis: House Bill 999 (LC 49 0739) February 10, 2022 / February 10, 2022 by Stephen Owens Key Takeaways House Bill 999 relies on a faulty measure to calculate the state’s allocations to public schools Georgia cannot afford to ignore the needs inside public schools in favor of exclusionary private schools State lawmakers concerned about Georgia’s children should reject HB 999 and consider legislation like HB 10 which provided additional funding […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education vouchers
Cash and Safety Net Fact Sheets Ife Finch Floyd People Powered Prosperity Fact Sheet: Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Family’s Benefit Has Not Increased in More Than 30 Years and Fails to Meet the Growing Cost of Basic Needs February 8, 2022 / February 8, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Family’s (TANF) benefit has not increased in more than 30 years and fails to meet the growing cost of basic needs. Cash Aid 1991 2022 Benefit Level Change Nominal TANF Grant For a family of 3 $280 $280 Unchanged Everyday household and personal care items have increased […] Read more » cash assistance inflation TANF
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Higher Education Committee Hears Performance Audit of Student Access Loans February 8, 2022 / February 8, 2022 by Jennifer Lee At the House Higher Education Committee meeting on February 2, the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts presented its recent performance audit of Student Access Loans (SAL). The Department of Audits notes that Georgia’s approach to financial aid is “unique among states” in that the state provides need-based aid primarily through loans, and the only […] Read more » higher ed Higher Education student access loans Student Loans
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health February 8, 2022 / March 7, 2022 by David Schaefer Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2023 budget of $3.9 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health (DCH). General funds for the agency increased by $516 million from the 2022 fiscal year, mostly to offset the expected loss of federal Medicaid matching funds and account for growth in Medicaid expenses.[1] […] Read more » Department of Community Health health-care medicaid patients first act PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 3, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Ife Finch Floyd Download PDF Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $903 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2023 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers as well as some additional investments in Georgia’s foster care system that help ensure the safety and protection of Georgia’s most vulnerable children. The Fiscal […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Blog Cash and Safety Net Federal Policy Ife Finch Floyd Important Facts for Claiming the Expanded Child Tax Credit February 1, 2022 / October 11, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd What is the Child Tax Credit? The federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) helps families with the cost of raising children. This round of the CTC provides $3,000 a year for each child ages 6 to 17 and $3,600 a year for each child under 6. In other years, the CTC was only $2,000 per child, […] Read more » Child Tax Credit
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 27, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 provides Georgia’s public schools $10.7 billion, a $493 million increase above current funding. This addition would end budget cuts to the Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula, the state’s metric to determine necessary funding to K-12 public schools. The proposal includes an […] Read more » Budget K-12 k-12 education
Budget and Taxes Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs January 27, 2022 / January 28, 2022 by Jennifer Lee Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2023 budget includes $1.4 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial aid programs. About $982 million is for HOPE and $401 million is for pre-K. Lottery-funded programs saw increases to meet projected changes in need, increase HOPE Grant and Scholarship amounts at some schools, expand HOPE Career Grants […] Read more » Budget Higher Education HOPE HOPE Career Grant HOPE Scholarship Lottery Pre-K tcsg University System of Georgia usg
