Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet: English for Speakers of Other Languages
Stephen Owens
November 19, 2020
Thank you to Latin American Association & Center for Pan Asian Community Services for translation services ...
Fact Sheet: Supporting Early Childhood Education Programs for Health and Well-Being of Georgia Children and Families
Laura Harker
September 21, 2020
Early care and education (ECE) centers play an integral role in the health and well-being for ...
Federal Funding Given to Georgia in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Danny Kanso
August 14, 2020
As of August 1, 2020, the federal fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic includes two major legislative packages: ...
New Support for Students Who Receive Free and Reduced-Price Lunch
Alex Camardelle
August 11, 2020
A Spanish-Language PDF is also available here. From now until Sept. 18, families of school children who receive ...
Fast Facts on HOPE – 2020
Jennifer Lee
July 29, 2020
HOPE At-a-Glance provides a quick and simple reference of the state’s six lottery-funded HOPE programs. HOPE provides grants ...
Fast Facts on Student Access Loans
Jennifer Lee
July 2, 2020
Student Access Loans (SAL), or Low-Interest Loans, are student loans funded by lottery dollars. The program ...
Georgia Can’t Afford Another Lost Decade: Options to Increase State Revenues to Close Budget Shortfalls
Danny Kanso
May 11, 2020
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia is facing an economic and fiscal crisis that threatens the ...
Federal Relief Not Enough to Meet College Students’ Financial Needs
Jennifer Lee
April 17, 2020
Since publication of this blog post, the federal Department of Education allocated a second pot of relief dollars ...
TANF Funding and COVID-19: A Critical Opportunity
Alex Camardelle
April 8, 2020
Gap Between Black and white children The COVID-19 pandemic will have an outsized impact on Black Georgians, ...
COVID-19 Update: State and Federal Unemployment Insurance Changes in Georgia
Alex Camardelle
April 3, 2020
Unemployment insurance (UI) provides compensation to workers recently laid off due to no fault of their own. Georgia ...
Georgia Seeks New Medicaid Changes in Response to COVID-19
Laura Harker
April 2, 2020
On March 28, 2020, the Georgia Department of Community Health submitted four plans to the federal government ...
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Eligibility for Georgia Unemployment Insurance
Stephanie Angel
April 2, 2020
With thousands of Georgians across the state being laid off from their jobs, unemployment insurance (UI) is one ...