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A Brief History of HOPE
Jennifer Lee
July 16, 2021
This blog was co-authored by Allie Schneider, a Southern Education Foundation Policy Fellow. HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils ...
Keeping and Losing HOPE
Jennifer Lee
July 1, 2021
HOPE scholarships financially support tens of thousands of Georgia college students each year. A first-of-its-kind study from Georgia State University’s Georgia Policy ...
Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
Danny Kanso
June 29, 2021
Introduction Georgia plans to spend $27.3 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2022 ...
Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
Danny Kanso
June 29, 2021
Budget Trends The $27.3 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2022, which started ...
Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
Ray Khalfani
June 29, 2021
Georgia’s 2022 Department of Corrections Budget The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for FY 2022 is $1.12 ...
Fostering Recovery and Prosperity: Guidelines for Georgia Agencies Receiving American Rescue Plan Funds
Caitlin Highland
June 29, 2021
Under the American Rescue Plan, several state agencies are set to receive significant funding to help address the effects of the pandemic. ...
Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
Ray Khalfani
June 29, 2021
Georgia’s 2022 Human Services Budget The $817 million FY 2022 budget for the Department of Human Services (DHS) ...
Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
Laura Harker
June 28, 2021
Georgia’s 2022 Health Care Budget The Departments of Community Health, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and Public Health ...
Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022
Stephen Owens
June 28, 2021
This section is co-authored by K-12 Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Stephen Owens and Higher Education Senior Policy Analyst ...
Why Scaling Back Unemployment Insurance Could Harm Recovery
Ray Khalfani
June 24, 2021
Key Takeaways: Georgia is three days away from prematurely cutting pandemic unemployment insurance (UI). The changes will harm ...
Make the Child Tax Credit Expansion Permanent
Alex Welch
June 18, 2021
One major provision of the American Families Plan extends the Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansion, originally ...
Letter in Support of the American Families Plan and the American Jobs Plan
Taifa Smith Butler
June 3, 2021
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute recently sent a letter to Georgia’s U.S. representatives and senators to urge ...
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