Alex Camardelle Cash and Safety Net Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 4, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Alex Camardelle Download PDF Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $800 million Department of Human Services budget for the 2021 fiscal year includes cuts to critical programs that support Georgia’s foster care system and help ensure the safety and protection of Georgia’s most vulnerable children. The 2021 proposal reduces investment in the agency by $28.8 million less than the […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Department of Human Services dfacs Division of Family and Children Services foster-care
Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 4, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker | 1 Comment on Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Download PDF Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for the 2021 fiscal year cuts state general funds for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities by $24.3 million from FY 2020. These cuts required the agency to prioritize the growing need for psychiatric crisis services while having to reduce funding for general behavioral health services and […] Read more » Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Budget health mental health
Alex Camardelle Cash and Safety Net Fact Sheets Repeal Georgia’s Cap on Kids February 3, 2020 / April 28, 2020 by Alex Camardelle In order for every child to thrive, they must grow up in a healthy and financially stable home. Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is critical for those children in families working to climb up out of poverty. While other programs like SNAP (food stamps) and Medicaid help families meet their nutritional and […] Read more » Safety Net TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education January 29, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Jennifer Lee Download PDF Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2021 budget allocates $2.58 billion for the Board of Regents and $373 million for the Technical College System of Georgia. This budget includes money for enrollment growth and a $1,000 raise for full-time employees earning $40,000 or less. University System of Georgia The proposed 2021 budget increase of $10 […] Read more » Budget college Dual Enrollment Education
Higher Education Jennifer Lee Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs January 29, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Jennifer Lee Download PDF Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2021 budget includes $1.3 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial aid programs. About $888 million is for HOPE and $392 million is for pre-K. HOPE awards were not affected by budget cuts, though administrative costs and technical assistance funded by the lottery were cut by 4 percent […] Read more » Budget Higher Education HOPE Pre-K State Budget
K-12 Education Reports Stephen Owens Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education January 28, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Stephen Owens Download PDF Governor Kemp’s budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021 provides Georgia’s public schools $10.9 billion, a $272 million increase above current funding. The largest single addition provides funding for pay raises for teachers and some non-certified school personnel that make less than $40,000 per year. Costs tied to student enrollment growth make up the bulk of the remaining additional dollars. Although Georgia’s mechanism for financing public […] Read more » Budget Education K-12 QBE Quality Basic Education
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Worker Justice Overview of Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget January 23, 2020 / January 21, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD | 1 Comment on Overview of Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget Overview After a stretch of largely uninterrupted growth that saw state revenues climb by an annual average of 6 percent between fiscal years (FY) 2011 and 2019, many of Georgia’s agencies have been asked to make mandatory spending cuts. Those cuts are in response to slowing economic activity, increased spending driven by Gov. Brian […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts georgia-budget revenue State Budget State Taxes taxes
Bill Analysis Higher Education Jennifer Lee K-12 Education Reports Dual Enrollment Restrictions Designed to Limit Cost Growth January 20, 2020 / October 13, 2026 by Jennifer Lee Download PDF Bill Analysis: House Bill 444 (LC 49 0063S) Dual Enrollment acts as a crucial onramp to college for more than 50,000 Georgia students. As Dual Enrollment is set up in Georgia, the state pays colleges fixed amounts for tuition, mandatory fees and books so that high school students can take college courses without […] Read more » Bill Analysis Dual Enrollment Education Higher Education K-12
Alex Camardelle Blog Prosper GA Worker Justice Four Ways to Strengthen Georgia’s State Workforce Plan January 17, 2020 / April 29, 2020 by Alex Camardelle Georgia’s public workforce system is intended to create pathways to economic opportunity for people facing high barriers to meaningful jobs. Funded primarily with federal dollars, the system serves 49,000 low-income Georgians who are veterans, returning citizens, youth who are not in school or working and public assistance recipients. However, Georgia’s workforce system has over-promised and […] Read more » economic development Prosper GA wioa
Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens Reject Policies that Make Education Less Fair Across Georgia January 16, 2020 / April 28, 2020 by Stephen Owens Last fall we published a report exploring the connection between Georgia’s legacy of slavery and Jim Crow and its impact on the educational opportunities and resources for students living in the state’s “Black Belt.” The Black Belt refers to a region of the state where slave labor was concentrated. Since 1865, Jim Crow segregation and […] Read more » Charter Schools Education Education Savings Account Georgia K-12 testing TRS vouchers
