Research

Budget-Primer-2017-696x434

Georgia Budget Primer 2017

Where does the money for Georgia’s $23.7 billion budget come from this year? How has the new transportation funding ...
Child-Care-696x522

Georgia Families Need State to Support New Child Care Plan

Georgia’s new and improved plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes took ...
students_ipad-696x464

Help Needed to Meet Georgia’s Laudable Child Care Goals

Georgia’s plan to expand access to quality child care for families earning low incomes became effective this June, ...
Refugee-Children-696x464

Refugees Help Make Georgia a Better Place

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-Memorial-Hospital-696x522

Charlton Ranks Among Georgia Counties With Dire Health Provider Shortages

Nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number of nurses, physician assistants, total doctors and ...
NGMC-ER-Sign-696x522

Time to Remedy Georgia’s Health Care Provider Shortages

As published in the AJC June 26, 2016 Georgia needs a health care system that is sustainable. The ...
Lunch-Cafeteria-696x463

Better Investments Needed to Close Georgia’s Child Hunger Gap

When the final bells ring and students pour out of schools for the summer, some set their sights ...
NGMC-Closed-Sign-696x522

Prescribing Remedies for Georgia’s Medical Provider Shortage

Local access to health professionals varies widely across Georgia, from relative availability in populous Fulton County to the ...
North-Georgia-hospital-696x464

Several remedies show promise for Georgia’s health care provider shortage

Last week, the North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Georgia closed and left yet another county with a ...
Classroom-HS-696x463

Aiming for Average in Education Spending

Georgia ranks 38th among states for public school spending. Spending per student in Georgia is $1,807 less than ...
Kite-Sky-696x522

State Revenue Gain Offers Possibilities

As we near the close of the 2016 fiscal year, we can breathe a sigh of relief. The ...
Barista-Making-Coffee-696x462

New Overtime Rules a Win for Georgia’s Middle Class

As many as half a million Georgia workers stand to gain from a long-overdue update to the nation’s ...

Support GBPI Today

The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute is a 501(c)3 organization. We depend on the support of donors like you. Your contribution makes the work that we do possible.

2026 Budget Primer Released

The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.

Submit your comment on the Georgia Pathways to Coverage Program

Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form: