GBPI In The News Georgia Food Banks Gear Up for Summertime Demand a Year After Pandemic Food Stamp Benefits Ended April 13, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Since last summer, thousands of Georgians have turned to food banks, kitchens and shelters in order to make up for the loss of extra federal food stamp benefits that kept them from going hungry during the worst of the pandemic. As inflation has pushed up prices on food and other necessities, the pandemic-era SNAP assistance […] Read more » Economic Justice Economic Security Food Assistance food insecurity food justice food stamps
GBPI In The News Guest Column: Gen Z Among the Groups to Experience Massive Loss of Healthcare Coverage April 6, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Thanks to a pandemic-era federal policy, all states, including Georgia, have suspended annual renewals since early 2020 and kept their Medicaid-eligible population enrolled in coverage. The end of this Medicaid continuous enrollment is known as the ‘Medicaid unwinding’. Starting in April, Georgia has 14 months to re-determine the eligibility of all 2.7 million children and […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding Op-Ed
GBPI In The News Opponents Argue Bill Threatens State’s Unemployment Fund April 5, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Senate Bill 160, which the House’s Republican majority passed 97-68 along party lines, replaces a state Department of Labor administrative fee that expired at the end of last year using money that otherwise would go into Georgia’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. ”UI Trust Fund contributions should not be reduced to compensate for other funding […] Read more » Unemployment Unemployment Insurance unemployment trust fund worker justice
GBPI In The News 2.7 million Georgians must recertify for Medicaid, Peachcare after April 1 March 30, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Three years ago, in March 2020, as the pandemic began, Congress authorized emergency funding bill that allowed millions of Americans to keep their Medicaid coverage without having to get re-certified every year. The goal was to prevent Medicaid recipients from losing coverage during the public health emergency. Since the policy went into effect, Leah Chan, […] Read more » medicaid Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding PeachCare
GBPI In The News New reentry program aims to help Henry County inmates; Proposed legislation could negatively impact Georgia’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund March 17, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Ray Khalfani, Georgia Budget Policy Institute’s Senior Worker Justice Policy Analyst, discusses how HB 518 and SB 160 could potentially risk the solvency of Georgia’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund with Rose Scott. Hear the full discussion on WABE. Read more » Economic Security Unemployment Insurance unemployment trust fund worker justice
GBPI In The News Health Justice Press Releases & Statements RECAP: GBPI Hosts Press Call on Poll Urging Legislators to Provide Support for DFCS Ahead of Medicaid Unwinding February 17, 2023 / September 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill RECAP: GBPI Hosts Press Call on Poll Urging Legislators to Provide Support for DFCS Ahead of Medicaid Unwinding ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Yesterday, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, along with other health care access advocates, held a virtual press call urging legislators to provide support for The Department of Children and Family Services (DFCS) ahead […] Read more » health-care medicaid unwinding Press Release
GBPI In The News Georgia’s education funding formula: It’s complicated February 13, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill The General Assembly is unlikely to change Georgia’s education funding formula this session, legislators have told Capitol Beat. A state Senate study committee chaired by Sen. Mike Dugan, R-Carrollton, met several times last fall to consider changes to the state’s complicated education funding method, which was established in 1985. The formula provides funds to local […] Read more » education budget k-12 education QBE
GBPI In The News New poll shows Georgians support Medicaid expansion, increasing education funding February 3, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill A new poll shows Georgians support using some of the state’s record surplus to improve social services by expanding Medicaid and increasing funding for education. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI), a left-leaning think tank in Atlanta, commissioned the poll of 1,099 Georgians through the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs. […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion pathways work requirements
GBPI In The News GBPI says full Medicaid expansion is more fiscally responsible than Georgia’s waiver plan January 24, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill The state legislature has a $6.6 billion surplus heading into the next fiscal year, and the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says a lot more resources are being directed at the governor’s Medicaid expansion plan. Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan adds eligibility for Medicaid coverage to Georgians earning less than $12,000 a year, but only if […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion pathways work requirements
GBPI In The News How Georgia’s new Medicaid work requirement program will work January 6, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill After years of legal wrangling, the countdown to the July 1, 2023, launch date of Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements program is underway. The new plan – officially called Pathways to Coverage – will require enrollees to complete 80 hours of work, education, job training, or community service per month to get Medicaid health insurance. Once […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion pathways work requirements
