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State of Working Georgia Before and During COVID-19
Alex Camardelle
April 17, 2020
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
Jennifer Lee
April 17, 2020
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
Stephanie Angel
April 15, 2020
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
Laura Harker
April 9, 2020
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
Alex Camardelle
April 8, 2020
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
Stephen Owens
April 8, 2020
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
Jennifer Lee
April 6, 2020
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
Jennifer Lee
April 6, 2020
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
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 ...
CARES Act to Deliver Booster Shot of Additional Relief to Families, Economy Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Jennifer Owens
April 1, 2020
Key Takeaways The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) passed by Congress is a $2.2 ...
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