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Crises Demand Counselors: Pandemic Underscores Need for More School Counselors, Mental Health Professionals
Key Takeaways School closures triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic mean that students are not receiving the mental health ...
State Leaders Must Prioritize Long-term Recovery with 2021 Budget; Federal Fiscal Relief Needed
Key Takeaways The coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic decline could lead to steep revenue shortfalls without sufficient federal ...
State of Working Georgia Before and During COVID-19
This blog was co-authored by Senior Policy Analyst Alex Camardelle and Research Associate Ray Khalfani On March 13, ...
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 ...
Implement Immigrant-Inclusive Policies During the COVID-19 Crisis
Key Takeaways Thus far, many state and federal efforts to mitigate the health and economic effects of COVID-19 ...
Support Healthy Communities in Georgia with a Temporary Eviction Ban
An extensive body of research shows that poor housing conditions and housing instability are associated with worse health ...
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, ...
Online Instruction Could Leave Rural Schools, Vulnerable Students Behind
Recently, Gov. Kemp ordered the state’s public schools to close for the remainder of the academic year in ...
Child Care Policy Changes in Response to COVID-19 Crisis
This blog was co-authored by Senior Policy Analyst Alex Camardelle Key Takeaways Georgia’s child care system is fiscally ...
How the Federal Relief Package Affects Higher Education
Congress passed a $2 trillion relief package that includes provisions covering health care, payments to American families and ...
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 ...
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