Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Georgia Families Need State to Support New Child Care Plan July 14, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Melissa Johnson | 1 Comment on Georgia Families Need State to Support New Child Care Plan Georgia’s new and improved plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes took effect in June. The state’s 2017 budget for the fiscal year that starts this month, however, is $103 million short of what’s needed to implement the plan according to a new GBPI analysis. If this wide funding […] Read more » child care
Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson Reports Help Needed to Meet Georgia’s Laudable Child Care Goals July 14, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Georgia’s plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes became effective this June, but the state budget that takes effect this month is $103 million short of what’s needed to implement the plan. A proposal approved by federal regulators includes increased income eligibility limits, lowered family co-payments and higher payments […] Read more » child care
Blog Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Refugees Help Make Georgia a Better Place July 8, 2016 / April 2, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Over the past year or so, Georgians have grown increasingly aware of the challenges faced by refugees resettling in the state. A new report provides a wealth of information on how refugees in the U.S. fare over time and how they affect our local communities. Read more » immigration refugees
Blog Health Justice Laura Harker Charlton Ranks Among Georgia Counties With Dire Health Provider Shortages July 1, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Laura Harker Nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number of nurses, physician assistants, total doctors and primary care doctors per 100,000 residents. In many rural counties, shortages reflect financial ills in local health care systems, even hospital closures. Community health care cornerstones like Charlton Memorial Hospital closed across the state in recent years. […] Read more » medicaid Rural hospitals
Blog Health Justice Taifa Smith Butler Time to Remedy Georgia’s Health Care Provider Shortages June 30, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler As published in the AJC June 26, 2016 Georgia needs a health care system that is sustainable. The state needs to focus on promising solutions to its health care crisis and not waste time gazing in the rear view mirror at missed opportunities. When a hospital closes, as one in Ellijay did this month, it […] Read more » medicaid Rural hospitals
Blog Cash and Safety Net Jennifer Owens K-12 Education Better Investments Needed to Close Georgia’s Child Hunger Gap June 24, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by Jennifer Owens | 1 Comment on Better Investments Needed to Close Georgia’s Child Hunger Gap When the final bells ring and students pour out of schools for the summer, some set their sights on beach trips, lazy days playing in backyard sprinklers and summer camps with friends. But for hundreds of thousands of Georgia schoolchildren, figuring out where their next meal will come from is top of mind. Nearly 879,000 […] Read more » Nutrition School Lunch
Health Justice Reports Timothy Sweeney Prescribing Remedies for Georgia’s Medical Provider Shortage June 16, 2016 / February 26, 2021 by Timothy Sweeney Local access to health professionals varies widely across Georgia, from relative availability in populous Fulton County to the daunting challenge found in many rural communities. State trends mask the nuanced differences among Georgia’s regions. Evidence indicates nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number for each professional category of nurses, physician assistants, […] Read more » medicaid Medicaid Expansion Rural hospitals
Blog Featured Health Justice Laura Harker Several remedies show promise for Georgia’s health care provider shortage June 16, 2016 / February 26, 2021 by Laura Harker Last week, the North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Georgia closed and left yet another county with a shortage of hospital beds. In light of this and other recent hospital closures, a newly released report from GBPI outlines potential solutions to Georgia’s ongoing struggle with lack of doctors, nurses and health staff to meet the […] Read more » medicaid Rural hospitals
Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Aiming for Average in Education Spending June 14, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia ranks 38th among states for public school spending. Spending per student in Georgia is $1,807 less than the national average, according to new census data. Factor in geographic cost differences and that disparity rises to $2,553. Gov. Nathan Deal’s Education Reform Commission could have outlined a plan to close this gap and boost investment […] Read more » education-reform-commission K-12
Blog Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler State Revenue Gain Offers Possibilities June 10, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler As we near the close of the 2016 fiscal year, we can breathe a sigh of relief. The bad days of the Great Recession are distant in the rear view mirror as revenue growth remained strong all year long. Georgia collected 9.9 percent more through the first 11 months of the current fiscal year than […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes
