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HOPE Career Grants: Realizing the Full Potential of Targeted Workforce Investments

Jennifer Lee August 8, 2018

HOPE Career Grant Programs, Fall 2017 Automotive Technology Aviation Technology Certified Engineer Assistant Commercial Truck Driving Computer Programming Computer Technology Construction Technology Diesel Equipment Technology Early Childhood Care and Education Electrical Lineman Technology Health Science Industrial Maintenance Logistics/Transportation Technology Movie

School Backpack Drives Offer Insight into Equitable School Funding

Stephen Owens August 6, 2018

Students are back in class in Georgia now and many students from low-income families are carrying new backpacks filled with supplies through the kindness of strangers. Georgia’s Department of Education last month issued its annual plea for donated backpacks and

Georgians Say Yes to Our People-First Agenda

Taifa Smith Butler August 1, 2018

The public has spoken. It’s time to invest in Georgia’s people. Georgians struggling to make it to the middle class—not to mention stay in it—face unprecedented headwinds in today’s economy. Stagnant wages are stifling the middle class, and families are

New Federal Poverty Bill Offers States More Options to Improve Economic Opportunity

Alex Camardelle August 1, 2018

Georgians struggling to move from poverty to the workforce stand to gain new pathways to employment under a proposed change to one of the country’s primary assistance programs. This summer the U.S. House of Representatives’ tax-writing committee approved the Joining

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for GBPI’s People-First Plan

John McCosh July 27, 2018

An overwhelming majority of Georgians want the state to invest in people-first strategies including expanded access to education and mental health services, while raising new revenue to pay for them, according to a Mason-Dixon statewide poll conducted this month. “We’re

Voluntary Immigration Enforcement a Costly Choice for Georgia Communities

Wesley Tharpe July 18, 2018

Georgia’s local governments aligned closely with the federal government’s system of immigration enforcement over the past decade, especially in some rapidly diversifying counties around metro Atlanta. Beyond adhering to mandatory federal laws, this includes embracing voluntary practices designed solely to

Georgia Rises to Close Summer Meal Gap

Alex Camardelle July 17, 2018

Georgia ranks in the top 10 performing states that provide summer meals for the first time since the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center began tracking the data. The Summer Nutrition Program bridges the hunger gap for one in five

Working Families Leverage Tax Credits to Make Ends Meet and Invest in Future

Eric Strunz July 17, 2018

Paying for health care and paying off credit cards. Buying food, clothing or school supplies for children. Making car repairs. These are a few examples of how Georgians working with low wages invest the extra dollars they qualify for during

SNAP Provides a Lifeline to Georgia’s Adults Navigating Hard Times

Alex Camardelle July 9, 2018

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves about 1.6 million Georgians on average every month, and more than half are adults. While most adults who receive food assistance work, some SNAP recipients are more likely to be unemployed than their

Georgia K-12 Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

Claire Suggs July 1, 2018

Education Funding in Georgia: Financial Challenges for Schools Remain Lawmakers reached a critical benchmark with the 2019 budget: For the first time since 2002, they sent school districts the full amount of money calculated by the state’s formula for funding

Category: Policy Areas

HOPE Career Grants: Realizing the Full Potential of Targeted Workforce Investments

School Backpack Drives Offer Insight into Equitable School Funding

Georgians Say Yes to Our People-First Agenda

New Federal Poverty Bill Offers States More Options to Improve Economic Opportunity

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for GBPI’s People-First Plan

Voluntary Immigration Enforcement a Costly Choice for Georgia Communities

Georgia Rises to Close Summer Meal Gap

Working Families Leverage Tax Credits to Make Ends Meet and Invest in Future

SNAP Provides a Lifeline to Georgia’s Adults Navigating Hard Times

Georgia K-12 Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2019

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