Fact Sheets Health Justice Laura Harker Food Assistance Helps Promote a Healthy Georgia June 20, 2018 / March 15, 2021 by Laura Harker About 1.7 million Georgians receive help to put meals on the table through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are considering changes to SNAP with the potential to reduce food benefits and increase costs and overhead for states. These threats to SNAP pose a risk of hunger for Georgia […] Read more » farm bill health SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Overlooked Colleges Often a Springboard to Middle Class and Beyond June 12, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Jennifer Lee You might be familiar with college rankings, like the well-known list U.S. News and World Report compiles. Each year, students and parents in Georgia and nationwide pore over the results and use them to make crucial decisions about college that can last a lifetime. But do you know there’s a new and different list for […] Read more »
Cash and Safety Net Fact Sheets Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Jennifer Owens Proposed Rule Change Threatens Legal Immigrants, U.S.-Born Children June 6, 2018 / February 26, 2021 by Jennifer Owens The Trump administration appears likely to propose a change to longstanding immigration rules that could lead immigrants lawfully in the U.S. and their U.S. citizen children to forgo critical benefits such as health coverage and food assistance. Proposed revisions to the federal government’s so-called public charge policy, recently reported in the press, are expected to […] Read more » Georgia immigrants immigration medicaid PeachCare public charge SNAP Undocumented immigrants
Alex Camardelle Blog Cash and Safety Net State Child Care Plan Makes Headway for Student Parents, Access Remains Restricted June 1, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Alex Camardelle Georgia officials are considering a plan for child care assistance that proposes improvements that can help families, but still doesn’t include enough money to fulfill its promise. This week, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute submitted comments on Georgia’s Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) proposal for the federal budget years 2019 through 2021. The […] Read more » child care Child Care and Development Fund Georgia families student parents Technical College System of Georgia
Alex Camardelle Blog Health Justice Worker Justice Health, Entrepreneurship, and Child Care Among Top Priorities for Georgia Women May 31, 2018 / April 25, 2023 by Alex Camardelle Millions of moms graduate from college every year. Women-owned Georgia businesses generate millions of dollars in revenue and create thousands of living wage jobs. Affordable child care for all working mothers. Women earn equal pay for equal work. All women live longer with access to high quality and affordable health care. These are pieces of […] Read more » economy EITC entrepreneurship Georgia women Georgia Work Credit medicaid Minimum Wage paid leave Women Working Ahead Workforce Development
Blog Community Impact Health Justice Laura Harker Rome Listening Tour Provides Earful on Community Mental Health Problems May 23, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Laura Harker Talk to people around Rome, Ga. for a while and the conversation often shifts to the lingering stresses that plague the community after a state mental health facility closed seven years ago. Homelessness. Drug abuse. People with mental disabilities stuck in jail cells. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute team visited Rome earlier this month […] Read more » Behavioral Health Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities health medicaid mental health Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital People-Powered Prosperity Rome
Alex Camardelle Cash and Safety Net Reports Food Assistance for 1.7 million Georgians at Risk in Federal Proposals May 16, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Alex Camardelle Lawmakers in Congress and the Trump administration are staging a multi-prong assault on the nation’s primary tool for helping families keep enough food on the table, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While SNAP recipients depend on food assistance for nutrition, it also comes with a package of other benefits related to health, household finances, […] Read more » SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe Lawmakers Slash Income Taxes, Approve Miscellaneous Tax Changes May 15, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Session Recap 2018 Georgia legislators and Gov. Nathan Deal approved 11 tax measures during the 2018 legislative session that will affect state revenues in coming years. Ten bills with immediate revenue implications will cost an estimated $862 million over the next five years, compared to Georgia’s past collections. This cost […] Read more » Budget & Taxes general-assembly HB 918 Income Tax Legislature Sales Tax tax breaks
Blog Community Impact Health Justice Jennifer Owens Worker Justice Rome Stop on GBPI Listening Tour Highlights Need for Workforce Training, Health Care Access May 11, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Jennifer Owens On a beautiful spring morning in the northwest foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a group of community leaders in Rome, Ga. gathered over breakfast, laughter and catch-up conversations. But as the morning meeting settled in, the friendly exchanges about neighbors and talk of the Rome Braves game tapered off. A heavy and intense discussion ensued […] Read more »
Alex Camardelle Blog Cash and Safety Net Proposed Farm Bill Creates Steep Federal Barriers to Food Assistance May 7, 2018 / February 26, 2021 by Alex Camardelle Congress is poised to put the nutritional health and economic vitality of hundreds of thousands of Georgians at risk as it prepares to reauthorize the federal Farm Bill and its wide range of agricultural and rural development programs. Top threats to Georgians include the Farm Bill’s provisions to require work in exchange for food assistance […] Read more » farm bill Food Assistance food stamps SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements
