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
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
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
Georgia’s new annual budget signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal last week marks a positive step forward on education and a few other crucial issues, yet also falls short of addressing some of the state’s most pressing needs. The
One of GBPI’s key goals is to ensure all Georgia students get the chance to attend great public schools. Those efforts reached new levels when Claire Suggs joined the team in 2012, soon rising to senior education policy analyst. Suggs
Thousands of Georgians are stuck without any affordable options for health insurance because state leaders repeatedly reject billions of dollars meant to pay for coverage. About 240,000 workers, students, veterans and other Georgians make too little to get financial help
Janai Raphael’s job as a college advisor at Maynard Jackson High School in Atlanta often means she plays the role of translator. “The terminology is a challenge. Pell grants, scholarships, subsidized loans, unsubsidized loans. I walk through what each type
By Charles Johnson, GBPI Board Member and General Counsel, VP of External Affairs for Tuskegee University Much attention is currently focused on the events which occurred 50 years ago, the last year in the life of Dr. of Martin Luther
On the last day of Georgia’s 2018 legislative session, the Senate passed a bill that aims to help more students go to college and complete their degrees. The bill creates a need-based aid program for university system students in Georgia,
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is submitting objections this week to a proposed federal rule change that threatens to block access to food assistance for Georgians living in poverty. The comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urge
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GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents.
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