Library Weekly Legislative Update, February 17, 2012 February 17, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Education Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues State Revenues for the first seven months of this fiscal year are only running 4.5 percent ahead of the FY 2011 revenue collections, […] Read more » Legislative Update
Library Weekly Legislative Update, February 13, 2012 February 13, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Last Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues The January Revenue numbers have not been released as yet. The release is expected any day. State Revenues for the first six months of this fiscal […] Read more » Legislative Update
Library Weekly Legislative Update, February 3, 2012 February 3, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Education Policy Human Services Policy State Revenues State revenues for the first six months of this fiscal year are running 5.2 percent ahead of the FY 2011 revenue collections. The […] Read more » Legislative Update
Clare S. Richie Fact Sheets Library TANF Supplemental Grant February 2, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 2 Comments on TANF Supplemental Grant As Congress finalizes the extension of the TANF program for the remainder of FFY 2012 (ending September 30, 2012), it can restore the TANF Supplemental Grant. In Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011, Congress did not fully fund the TANF Supplemental Grant for the first time. Georgia received $12.7 million less, which Department of Human Services […] Read more » Clare Richie Fact Sheet TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health January 31, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 5 Comments on FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health The governor’s budget recommendations for FY 2013 increase state General Funds to the Department of Community Health (DCH); however, the increase is misleading. The bulk of the new funding restores funding originally diverted from the DCH budget in FY 2011 and FY 2012. Download PDF. Read more » Budget Analysis Community Health FY 2013 health Tim Sweeney
Library Weekly Legislative Update, January 27, 2012 January 27, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY2012 Amended and FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Drug Testing of Applicants for Public Assistance State Revenues State revenues for the first six months of this fiscal year are running 5.2 percent ahead of the FY 2011 revenue collections. The governor’s FY […] Read more » Legislative Update
Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice CAPCO: A Bad Investment for Georgia January 10, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 4 Comments on CAPCO: A Bad Investment for Georgia Many Georgia policymakers and business leaders contend the state has a shortage of venture capital, a form of business financing that helps fund early stage companies. To remedy this problem, some Georgia leaders are considering CAPCO legislation, an expensive tax credit program advertised as a jobs and economic development bill. Georgia’s CAPCO proposal – sometimes […] Read more » Alan Essig CAPCO Georgia Small Business Investment Company Act Report Senate Bill 203 State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Featured K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Making a Case for Need-based Financial Aid in Georgia December 8, 2011 / January 13, 2020 by Alan Essig By 2020 an estimated 61 percent of all jobs in the state will require a career certificate or college degree; however, only 34 percent of adults in Georgia have an associate degree or higher. This creates a sizable skills gap that must be closed. Postsecondary education is becoming a necessity in a 21st century economy. […] Read more » Cedric Johnson Education Need-based Financial Aid Report
Cash and Safety Net Featured Library Policy Areas Reports State of Working Georgia 2011 November 17, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 5 Comments on State of Working Georgia 2011 State of Working Georgia uses data on wages, jobs, unemployment and poverty to closely examine the effect of the economy on everyday Georgians. The report is produced annually, and is part of the State of Working America project from the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute. This year’s State of Working Georgia focuses on the impact of […] Read more » Economic Security Report Safety Net State of Working Georgia Wesley Tharpe
Library Presentations FY 2012 Budget Overview November 8, 2011 / March 15, 2021 by GBPI Admin | 1 Comment on FY 2012 Budget Overview The state budget is more than just a list of numbers. It is perhaps one of the single most important documents created by policymakers. From our education system to criminal justice to human services, the state budget decides what services Georgians receive and the quality of those services. In the presentation, FY 2012 Budget Overview, […] Read more » Budget Overview FY 2012 Presentation
