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Fast Facts on Student Access Loans
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
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
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
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
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
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
With thousands of Georgians across the state being laid off from their jobs, unemployment insurance (UI) is one ...
Telling the Unvarnished Truth About Georgia
As we close out Black History Month, I reflect on our commitment this month and every month to ...
Unused Lottery Funds Available to Support More Affordable Access to College
Since FY 2011, lawmakers have appropriated an average of $60 million more every year for HOPE Scholarships and ...
What Are School Vouchers?
Vouchers Overview Georgia legislators have debated educational vouchers since the 1950s.[1] A school voucher is an amount of ...
Repeal Georgia’s Cap on Kids
In order for every child to thrive, they must grow up in a healthy and financially stable home. ...
Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care Access
Before 2017, the national uninsured rate for children declined for nearly 10 years; however, the share of uninsured ...
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