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Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022

Introduction Georgia plans to spend $27.3 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2022 ...
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Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022

Budget Trends The $27.3 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2022, which started ...
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Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022

Georgia’s 2022 Department of Corrections Budget The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for FY 2022 is $1.12 ...
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Fostering Recovery and Prosperity: Guidelines for Georgia Agencies Receiving American Rescue Plan Funds

Under the American Rescue Plan, several state agencies are set to receive significant funding to help address the effects of the pandemic. ...
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Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022

Georgia’s 2022 Human Services Budget The $817 million FY 2022 budget for the Department of Human Services (DHS) ...
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Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022

Georgia’s 2022 Health Care Budget The Departments of Community Health, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and Public Health ...
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Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022

This section is co-authored by K-12 Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Stephen Owens and Higher Education Senior Policy Analyst ...
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Why Scaling Back Unemployment Insurance Could Harm Recovery

Key Takeaways: Georgia is three days away from prematurely cutting pandemic unemployment insurance (UI). The changes will harm ...
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Make the Child Tax Credit Expansion Permanent

    One major provision of the American Families Plan extends the Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansion, originally ...
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Letter in Support of the American Families Plan and the American Jobs Plan

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute recently sent a letter to Georgia’s U.S. representatives and senators to urge ...
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#RecoverGA Digital Day of Action Toolkit

    Congress is finalizing legislation meant to support recovery for Georgia and the entire country. GBPI will ...
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Fund Georgia’s Future and Partners Recommend a Plan for ARPA Funding

    Dear Superintendent Woods: The undersigned civil rights and education advocacy organizations in Georgia write to provide ...

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2026 Budget Primer Released

The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.

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