Blog Budget and Taxes House Appropriations Approves Changes to Fiscal Year 2022 Budget March 4, 2021 / March 4, 2021 by Alex Welch This morning, the House Committee on Appropriations approved changes to House Bill 81, the proposal for Georgia’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget, which will take effect on July 1. This proposal now moves to the full House floor for a vote. Gov. Kemp’s initial budget proposal included $1.2 billion in continued budget cuts, following the […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Department of Human Services Education health State Budget
Budget and Taxes Community Impact People Powered Prosperity Taifa Smith Butler Letter Urges Governor to Restore Budget Cuts, Deploy Revenue Shortfall Reserve February 26, 2021 / March 2, 2021 by Taifa Smith Butler Dear Governor Kemp, The proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 includes $1.2 billion in continued cuts from FY 2020 state spending to programs and services across Georgia. At a time when millions of families are experiencing greater needs due to the pandemic, this budget would underfund Georgia’s schools, services for Georgians with […] Read more » Budget Cuts
Alex Camardelle Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Worker Justice Georgia Tax Breaks Don’t Deliver February 26, 2021 / March 9, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD This policy report is coauthored by Danny Kanso, Senior Tax & Budget Policy Analyst & Alex Camardelle, Senior Economic Mobility Policy Analyst Key Takeaways Georgia collects no corporate income tax revenue from the vast majority of businesses. Due to the state’s lack of transparency when it comes to evaluating major subsidy programs, it […] Read more » film tax film tax credit Jobs Tax Credit jtc tax credit tax subsidies
Alex Camardelle Blog Prosper GA Worker Justice Delayed and Denied: Modernization Needed at Georgia DOL to Support Georgia Workers and Economy February 26, 2021 / March 1, 2021 by Alex Camardelle | 24 Comments on Delayed and Denied: Modernization Needed at Georgia DOL to Support Georgia Workers and Economy This blog has been co-authored by Alex Camardelle, Senior Policy Analyst of GBPI and Shannan Reaze, Executive Director of Atlanta Jobs with Justice Key Takeaways: The historically underfunded Georgia Department of Labor (GA DOL) has not taken advantage of all opportunities to strengthen its systems and quickly get Georgians the benefits they are […] Read more » Department of Labor Shannon Reaze Unemployment
Budget and Taxes Coronavirus Daniel Kanso, PhD Fact Sheets Georgia Needs a Three-Pronged Approach to Funding Long-Term COVID Relief February 18, 2021 / February 18, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Compared to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget, which was approved before the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia’s FY 2022 budget, which takes effect July 1, 2021, includes $1.2 billion in continued budget cuts due to a state revenue shortfall caused by the pandemic. At a time when millions of families are experiencing heightened needs due […] Read more » federal relief rainy day fund revenue raisers Revenue Shortfall Reserve
Blog Cover GA Health Justice Laura Harker Expand Medicaid Fully; Reject Risky and Expensive State Plan February 17, 2021 / February 17, 2021 by Laura Harker | 1 Comment on Expand Medicaid Fully; Reject Risky and Expensive State Plan Key Takeaways: The federal Medicaid agency is starting the process of revoking the work requirement on Georgia’s Medicaid waiver program. Work requirements have the effect of limiting enrollment, even when people are working, because they set up additional barriers to keeping coverage. Without the work requirement, at least 237,000 more Georgians could get covered through […] Read more » medicaid Medicaid Expansion medicaid waivers Waiver
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 12, 2021 / February 15, 2021 by Laura Harker Gov. Brian Kemp’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget proposal increases funding for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities by $22 million compared to FY 2021. Most of this funding will be used to make up for the loss of federal Medicaid matching funds due to the annual adjustment in the matching […] Read more » Behavioral Health Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Budget Cuts dbhdd
Alex Camardelle Bill Analysis Cash and Safety Net People Powered Prosperity Modernizing Cash Aid for Thousands of Georgia Children in Deep Poverty | Bill Analysis: HB 91 (LC 33 8469) February 10, 2021 / February 10, 2021 by Alex Camardelle Introduction The only program in Georgia that is available to provide direct cash assistance to children in deep poverty—Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—does little to reach families with the greatest needs. For those it can reach, it provides insufficient income support. In 1996, 254,000 children and families received direct cash aid, while today only […] Read more » cash assistance poverty TANF
Budget and Taxes Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections February 8, 2021 / February 9, 2021 by Ray Khalfani For Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.12 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Between 1997 and 2007, Georgia’s history of tough-on-crime policies impacted the growth of GDC’s population and increased expenditures by $335.2 million annually.[1] Following Gov. […] Read more » corrections legal system
Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens Testimony on Senate Bill 47 February 8, 2021 / February 8, 2021 by Stephen Owens Dear Chairman Payne and Members of the Georgia Senate Committee on Education and Youth: By way of introduction my name is Stephen Owens, and I’m a senior K-12 education policy analyst for the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. It is always my desire to give testimony in-person, but as my elderly mother-in-law lives with us, I want to try to stay as safe as possible during the pandemic […] Read more » disabilities act Education k-12 education
