Press Releases & Statements Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency September 28, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie is available for comments and interviews. Media coverage is invited. Georgia was unprepared for a recession and long-term unemployment. Years of employer tax cuts left Georgia’s unemployment trust fund insolvent, and left the state borrowing $721 million from the federal government to meet its obligations. […] Read more » Clare Richie Press Release unemployment trust fund
Press Releases & Statements 1 in 4 Georgia children live in poverty: Families Still Reeling From the Recession September 22, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie is available for comments and interviews. Media coverage is invited. ATLANTA – Georgia has the 10th highest poverty rate in the nation of 17.9 percent (tied with Texas), according to recently released data from the U. S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Nearly 1.7 million […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Clare Richie Department of Human Services FY 2012 poverty Press Release State Budget
Press Releases & Statements Restructure Georgia’s Unemployment Tax System to Protect Employers and Working Families September 16, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Please consider publishing the editorial below from Clare S. Richie and Elizabeth Appley. Media interviews are welcomed. Americans agree that job creation is our number one priority. Almost half a million Georgians are pounding the pavement looking for work. These people – our neighbors and friends – face a job market where […] Read more » Clare Richie Department of Labor Press Release Unemployment Unemployment Insurance
Press Releases & Statements Census Data Shows Increase in Poverty, Number of Georgians without Health Insurance September 13, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The national poverty rate jumped to 15.1 percent in 2010 from 12.5 percent in 2007, the pre-recession rate. In 2010, 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty, the largest number on record according to new Census Bureau data. Poverty for a family of four is defined as income of about $22,000. More alarming, […] Read more » Budget Primer Census Data health health insurance Press Release U.S. Census Bureau
Press Releases & Statements Georgia Budget & Policy Institute welcomes new deputy director and policy analyst to its team August 22, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) today announced the addition of two new staff members: Taifa Smith Butler and Wesley Tharpe. Butler joins the organization as its deputy director and Tharpe as a policy analyst. As deputy director, Butler will provide strategic direction on public policy research and data analysis. She […] Read more » Press Release Taifa Smith Butler Wesley Tharpe
Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Report Highlights Harmful Effects of Federal Medicaid Cuts on Georgia’s Economy July 5, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Medicaid cuts in the House Republican budget, if implemented today, would have a devastating impact on Georgia’s economy. These cuts would put as many as 38,420 jobs and as much as $4.4 billion in state business activity at risk, according to a report released today by the national health care consumer organization Families USA. Download the […] Read more » Federal Medicaid Cuts health medicaid Report Tim Sweeney
Press Releases & Statements GBPI Releases New Policy Briefs on SNAP Employment & Training and FY 2012 Allocation of TANF Funds June 23, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute releases two new policy briefs on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training and FY 2012 funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Media interviews are welcomed. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Georgia is poised to maximize its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment […] Read more » FY 2012 Press Release SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas Georgia Establishes Stand-Alone Public Health Agency Beginning in FY 2012 June 22, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The FY 2012 budget appropriates $186 million in state funding for the newly established Department of Public Health. The FY 2012 programmatic funding level of $166.2 million represents a $25.8 million, or 13.4 percent, decline from the pre-recession FY 2009 budget. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Public Health FY 2012 health State Budget Tim Sweeney
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Smaller Budgets Impact Higher Education June 22, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin This fact sheet provides an overview of the FY 2012 budgets for the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia. Download the PDF. Read more » Education Fact Sheet State Budget Technical College System of Georgia University System of Georgia
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Funding Cuts Affect HOPE Program June 22, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The FY 2012 budget allocates $650 million in total funding for programs that provide financial assistance for post-secondary education. The majority of the funding is provided by state lottery games. Download the PDF. Read more » Education Fact Sheet FY 2012 HOPE Scholarship State Budget
