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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…
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Lawmakers Made Small Progress, Avoided Big Budget Mistakes
As Published in the AJC Former drug offenders and their families who struggle financially could get better access to nutrition…
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TANF Time Limits Undercut Workforce Development
This week Georgia legislators in the House Health and Human Services Committee moved to rend the state’s frayed safety net,…
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Drivers’ ID Bill Would Squander Big Bucks to Target Immigrants
A Senate bill threatens to spend hundreds of thousands of Georgia taxpayer dollars to compel work-eligible immigrants to carry both…
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Bill Aims at Nonexistent Problem to Target Georgia’s Poor
Georgia House Bill 1006 proposes to rip another hole in the state’s frayed safety net, cutting lifetime eligibility for cash…
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Services for Georgia’s Vulnerable Lifted but Challenges Remain
The evening news confronts us with the plight of Georgia’s most vulnerable people almost nightly, the fragile children, older adults…
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Overview: 2017 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
Services for Georgia’s Vulnerable Get Needed Lift Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $634 million Department of Human Services budget for the…
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EITC Day 2016 Highlights
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a successful federal tax credit and powerful tool to support working families struggling…
Georgia Missing Opportunity to Strengthen Workforce
While most adults who rely on cash and food assistance in Georgia lack any education beyond high school, not enough…
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