Blog K-12 Education Stephen Owens Updated: Georgia Risks Losing Billions in Federal Funds for Public Schools July 29, 2021 / August 11, 2021 by Stephen Owens UPDATE: On 8/6/21 the U.S. Department of Education released updated guidance on the calculation for Maintenance of Equity requirements for the American Rescue Plan Act. Under this new determination for state expenditures, Georgia will likely not be found in violation of the provisions. Regardless of future action by the federal agency, Georgia’s public school system […] Read more » Education K-12
Budget and Taxes Coronavirus Fact Sheets Georgia Can Leverage $4.9 Billion in American Rescue Plan Funds to Jumpstart Recovery July 26, 2021 / July 30, 2021 by Alex Welch Georgia will receive $4.9 billion in federal emergency relief and infrastructure funding as part of the American Rescue Plan. This money is meant to be used to support Georgians as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Brian Kemp is overseeing how the state will spend this money. State leaders should use the […] Read more » American Rescue Plan Budget Cuts EITC Medicaid Expansion
Fact Sheets Higher Education Jennifer Lee Learning the Basics 2021 Fast Facts on HOPE July 19, 2021 / July 19, 2021 by Jennifer Lee HOPE At-a-Glance provides a quick and simple reference of the state’s six lottery-funded HOPE programs. HOPE provides grants and scholarships to students pursuing technical certificates and diplomas and associate and bachelor’s degrees. This downloadable, one-page fact sheet includes state budget information, eligibility requirements and number of students served. For more detailed information on HOPE, […] Read more » higher ed Higher Education HOPE Scholarship
Blog Higher Education Jennifer Lee Keeping and Losing HOPE July 1, 2021 / July 12, 2021 by Jennifer Lee | 1 Comment on Keeping and Losing HOPE HOPE scholarships financially support tens of thousands of Georgia college students each year. A first-of-its-kind study from Georgia State University’s Georgia Policy Labs examines how students enrolled in colleges in the University System of Georgia gain and lose HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships throughout their college experience. To enter college with the HOPE scholarship, students must have at […] Read more » higher ed Higher Education HOPE Scholarship
Blog Budget and Taxes Caitlin Highland Fostering Recovery and Prosperity: Guidelines for Georgia Agencies Receiving American Rescue Plan Funds June 29, 2021 / June 29, 2021 by Caitlin Highland Under the American Rescue Plan, several state agencies are set to receive significant funding to help address the effects of the pandemic. For example, the Department of Education has an additional $4.3 billion for emergency relief for public schools, the Department of Early Care and Learning received an additional $607 million for child care assistance and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental […] Read more » agencies American Rescue Plan Budget COVID-19
Blog Ray Khalfani Worker Justice Why Scaling Back Unemployment Insurance Could Harm Recovery June 24, 2021 / June 24, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Key Takeaways: Georgia is three days away from prematurely cutting pandemic unemployment insurance (UI). The changes will harm an estimated 347,000 Georgians and sever all UI safety net protections for 104,000 self-employed, gig-workers and part-time workers. Prematurely cutting pandemic UI threatens to erode the worker power it was meant to create by undermining leverage for […] Read more » economy Jobs Unemployment
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Federal Policy People Powered Prosperity Make the Child Tax Credit Expansion Permanent June 18, 2021 / June 18, 2021 by Alex Welch One major provision of the American Families Plan extends the Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansion, originally created by the American Rescue Plan, through 2025 and increases the amount to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 per child age 6 through 17. What does this expansion do? This expansion increases the amount […] Read more » american families plan American Rescue Plan arp child tax credtit ctc
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Community Impact People Powered Prosperity Toolkits Worker Justice #RecoverGA Digital Day of Action Toolkit May 24, 2021 / June 16, 2021 by Alex Welch Congress is finalizing legislation meant to support recovery for Georgia and the entire country. GBPI will lead a digital day of action on Thursday, June 3, for Georgians and organizations statewide to join together in demanding our federal lawmakers build the most secure safety net they can with these recovery plans. Key safety […] Read more »
Blog Community Impact K-12 Education Stephen Owens Fund Georgia’s Future and Partners Recommend a Plan for ARPA Funding May 19, 2021 / May 19, 2021 by Stephen Owens Dear Superintendent Woods: The undersigned civil rights and education advocacy organizations in Georgia write to provide public input for the Georgia Department of Education’s (GaDOE) use of funds provided through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). This joint letter was authored by steering committee members for Fund Georgia’s Future, a new coalition created […] Read more » American Rescue Plan arp arpa k-12 education
Toolkits Support Federal Aid May 13, 2021 / May 17, 2021 by Caitlin Highland It’s easy to write your lawmakers here. Your lawmakers in Congress have the opportunity to improve the lives of Georgians. They face opportunties to improve access to health care, child care and higher education. They can increase the availability of jobs that pay a living wage. And they can cut child poverty in half. Georgians […] Read more »
