Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes New Guide to 2014 State Budget: We Do the Math for You July 9, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig Georgia just took the wraps off a new fiscal year July 1, which means a new twelve-month budget calendar for all state spending on education, health care and other essential services. Today the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is releasing its “Georgia Budget Primer 2014.” It is the latest edition of our annual budget guide […] Read more » State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia Budget Primer 2014 July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide to understanding the state’s revenue collections and its spending plan. The publication contains basics to help a novice digest the budget’s complexities. People well-versed in state budget matters will also want to return to this publication often […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Featured Library Melissa Johnson Policy Areas Reports GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, which has a 2014 budget of $486 million, or about 3 percent of the total. Budget cuts in recent years have strained the state’s safety net designed to safeguard its most vulnerable people from abuse. Download the […] Read more »
Author Budget Primer Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. More than half of that is for Medicaid and PeachCare. People enrolled in the Aged, Blind, Disabled Medicaid program account for the bulk of the spending. The health care section also explains that if Georgia expands Medicaid […] Read more »
Author Budget Primer Claire Suggs Featured K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports GBPI 2014 Primer: Education July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by Claire Suggs The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state expenses. Still, Georgia’s investment in education is falling, even as its expectations of what they will accomplish are rising. The education section of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Budget Primer explains how the state’s chronic underfunding […] Read more »
Author Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Pro-Family Tax Credits Help Guard Georgia’s Military Families from Poverty July 2, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe An estimated 80,000 military families in Georgia, including both active-duty personnel and veterans, receive either the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or the low-income component of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), two highly effective federal benefits that support working families as they try to reach the middle class. The tax credits keep around 7,500 military […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverage June 24, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverage The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney’s op-ed on Medicaid expansion in Georgia. As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) Rather than continuing to flatly say “No” to more than half a million Georgians who could gain health insurance through expansion of Medicaid, Gov. Nathan Deal should […] Read more »
Author Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Unemployment Benefits Will Run Out Faster for Georgians Laid Off After July 1 June 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Georgians who lose their jobs after July 1 can expect one less week in unemployment insurance benefits – maybe enough to make a car payment, pay for the family’s prescriptions, or simply put food on the table. And it’s not because the economy is so much better. It’s because Georgia lawmakers decided struggling families should […] Read more »
Author Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson New Report Finds More than Half of Georgia’s Seniors Struggle Economically June 12, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Melissa Johnson | 1 Comment on New Report Finds More than Half of Georgia’s Seniors Struggle Economically Proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare would do more harm in Georgia than most other states. Nearly 54 percent of older Georgians struggle to pay for basic necessities, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Only two states – California and Hawaii – and the District of Columbia have a […] Read more »
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Lawmakers are Pricing College Out of Reach June 3, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs | 3 Comments on Lawmakers are Pricing College Out of Reach State and federal lawmakers are changing higher education financial aid programs and that makes it harder for Georgia’s students to earn a college degree. These changes aren’t just hurting students and their families. They’re undermining Georgia’s economy, which is increasingly dependent on having an educated workforce. The Legislature imposed new budget cuts on higher education […] Read more »
