Blog Staci Fox Women’s Equality Day: Reflecting on Power, Progress and Persistent Gaps in Georgia August 26, 2024 / August 26, 2024 by Staci Fox Each year on August 26th, we celebrate Women’s Equality Day to commemorate the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. This historic amendment prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on gender—a monumental step forward in the fight for equality. But more than a century later, I find myself […] Read more »
Budget Primer Health Justice Hillary Dong Reports Georgia Housing Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Hillary Dong The 20-Year View This year, on our 20th anniversary, GBPI is including for the first time a feature on housing to underscore the historical and continuing critical role that housing plays in the health of Georgians every single day. In the past 20 years, access to housing has become more difficult. In 2002, 42.7% of […] Read more » Access to Care Behavioral Health Budget Analysis Community Health Developmental Disabilities Disease Prevention federal funding FY 2024 Health Budget General Fund health coverage Health Priorities Health Spending Low-Income Georgians medicaid Medicaid Expansion mental health Pathways to Coverage Public Health Retention State Funds Substance Use Disorders Workforce Recruitment
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 28, 2024 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The 20-Year View Before the Great Recession, adjusting for inflation, Georgia spent about $3,080 per person in FY 2006. Under the 2025 budget, the state will spend about $142 more per person, $1.6 billion more than if spending had kept pace with population and inflation growth. It represents a real growth rate of 0.2% per […] Read more » agency funds budget allocation budget impact budget legislation budget process education-funding federal funding funding sources Georgia fiscal year Georgia residents georgia-budget health care funding racist policies revenue system state funding transportation-funding
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The 20-Year View Inefficient tax breaks cost the state money that should be invested in its people. Georgia has a history of enacting new corporate tax exemptions and credits each year, and once in the tax code, exemptions and credits have typically remained there without further evaluation. Since 2004, GBPI has expressed concerns about this […] Read more » budget disregards Education fiscal year 2024 Georgia budget trends healthcare income tax shift revenue reserves spending State Budget tax breaks
Ashley Young Budget Primer David Schaefer Education Higher Education Ife Finch Floyd K-12 Education Reports Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ashley Young This section is co-authored by Vice President of Research and Policy, David Schaefer, Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Education Analyst Ashley Young. The 20-Year View In 2004, Georgia’s per capita spending on elementary, secondary education and higher education combined was 32nd in the nation; in 2021, it was 42nd. For 20 […] Read more » Budget child care services Education Georgia higher ed k-12 education K-12 schools lottery reserves Pre-K pre-K funding private school vouchers tcsg universities usg
Budget Primer Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Leah Chan The 20-Year View In 2004-2005, Georgia had the 8th highest uninsured rated in the nation, and in 2022, the 3rd highest. Over the last 20 years, GBPI has continued to advocate for health care access achieving incremental but meaningful wins like the 2023 elimination of the 5-year Medicaid waiting period for pregnant women and children […] Read more » Access to Care Behavioral Health Budget Analysis Community Health Developmental Disabilities Disease Prevention federal funding FY 2024 Health Budget General Fund health coverage Health Priorities Health Spending Low-Income Georgians medicaid Medicaid Expansion mental health Pathways to Coverage Public Health Retention State Funds Substance Use Disorders Workforce Recruitment
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ife Finch Floyd This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Ray Khalfani. The 20-Year View In 2004 and again in 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, approximately 1 in 5 children lived in poverty. In addition, about 1 in […] Read more » Budget Department of Human Services DHS foster-care FY 2024 Human Services medicaid Social Services State Budget Workforce Challenges
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ray Khalfani The 20-Year View Over the last 20 years, the costs of running Georgia’s prisons have risen by almost 70%. Despite promises of reform over the years, the number of individuals within the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections has largely remained unchanged, hovering near 51,000 in 2023. During this period, GBPI has continued to […] Read more » Budget criminal justice Equitable Investment Fines and Fees incarceration Local Governments Mass Incarceration Racial Inequity
Education Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Promotes Ashley Young to Senior Education Analyst August 5, 2024 / August 5, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA—The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is thrilled to announce Ashley Young’s promotion to Senior Education Analyst. In her expanded role, Ashley will lead GBPI’s focus on K-12 education while continuing her work on need-based financial aid. Her dedication to equitable financial aid policies is evident in her advocacy efforts with the Georgians for […] Read more »
Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Health Justice Ife Finch Floyd Press Releases & Statements Staci Fox Georgia Paid Leave Coalition Releases Fact Sheet on Enhanced Parental Leave Benefits July 18, 2024 by Staci Fox GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Coalition on Paid Leave announced the release of a comprehensive fact sheet detailing the newly expanded paid parental leave benefits for state government and public school employees. Following the enactment of House Bill 1010 earlier this month, the paid parental leave program was extended from 3 weeks to 6 weeks. […] Read more »
