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Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017
Timothy Sweeney
July 20, 2016
Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies, the departments of ...
Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017
Claire Suggs
July 20, 2016
Education Funding in Georgia: Years of Cuts Cast Long Shadow Georgia is spending $11.6 billion on education in ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2017
GBPI Admin
July 19, 2016
Where does the money for Georgia’s $23.7 billion budget come from this year? How has the new transportation funding ...
Georgia Families Need State to Support New Child Care Plan
Melissa Johnson
July 14, 2016
Georgia’s new and improved plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes took ...
Help Needed to Meet Georgia’s Laudable Child Care Goals
Melissa Johnson
July 14, 2016
Georgia’s plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes became effective this June, ...
Refugees Help Make Georgia a Better Place
Wesley Tharpe
July 8, 2016
Over the past year or so, Georgians have grown increasingly aware of the challenges faced by refugees resettling in the state. A new report provides ...
Charlton Ranks Among Georgia Counties With Dire Health Provider Shortages
Laura Harker
July 1, 2016
Nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number of nurses, physician assistants, total doctors and ...
Time to Remedy Georgia’s Health Care Provider Shortages
Taifa Smith Butler
June 30, 2016
As published in the AJC June 26, 2016 Georgia needs a health care system that is sustainable. The ...
Better Investments Needed to Close Georgia’s Child Hunger Gap
Jennifer Owens
June 24, 2016
When the final bells ring and students pour out of schools for the summer, some set their sights ...
Prescribing Remedies for Georgia’s Medical Provider Shortage
Timothy Sweeney
June 16, 2016
Local access to health professionals varies widely across Georgia, from relative availability in populous Fulton County to the ...
Several remedies show promise for Georgia’s health care provider shortage
Laura Harker
June 16, 2016
Last week, the North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Georgia closed and left yet another county with a ...
Aiming for Average in Education Spending
Claire Suggs
June 14, 2016
Georgia ranks 38th among states for public school spending. Spending per student in Georgia is $1,807 less than ...
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