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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 ...
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 ...
CARES Act to Deliver Booster Shot of Additional Relief to Families, Economy Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Key Takeaways The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) passed by Congress is a $2.2 ...
Georgia Won’t Thrive if People Don’t Survive
Key Takeaways: Years of disinvestment, poor public health infrastructure and systemic barriers have exposed Georgians’ vulnerability—particularly for those ...
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