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Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Ife Finch Floyd
January 30, 2023
The Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) administers the Pre-Kindergarten Program, Child Care Services, Nutrition ...
State of Education Funding (2023): Opportunity is Knocking
Stephen Owens
January 26, 2023
The United States is experiencing income inequality at a level not seen since the 1920s, and ...
Overview of Georgia’s 2024 Fiscal Year Budget
Danny Kanso
January 25, 2023
Introduction After two consecutive years of record budget surpluses—generated in part by persistent austerity—Gov. Brian P. Kemp’s proposed ...
Money Matters: Comparing the Costs of Full Medicaid Expansion to the Pathways to Coverage Program
Leah Chan
January 11, 2023
Updated February 22, 2023: In the October 2020 Pathways to Coverage approval letter, it was estimated ...
2023 Policy Priorities
Nadia Hicks
January 9, 2023
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all ...
Regressive Revenue Perpetuates Poverty: Why Georgia’s Fines and Fees Need Immediate Reform
Ray Khalfani
December 6, 2022
Introduction Georgia is the number one jurisdiction in the world for percentage of population under correctional control.[1] This ...
Sponsorship Opportunities for Insights 2023
Nadia Hicks
November 14, 2022
Download Sponsorship Package About Insights attracts more than 500 attendees who are passionate about a variety of policy ...
Keeping Georgians Covered: Tools for Minimizing the Harm of the Medicaid Unwinding
Leah Chan
October 26, 2022
Updated February 1, 2023: On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 was signed ...
Long-term Health Impact of COVID-19: Planning for Children Who Have Lost a Caregiver and Adults Experiencing Long COVID
Leah Chan
October 3, 2022
Thank you to Mandy Alderman of COVID Survivors for Change for sharing her personal story. In 2021, COVID-19 ...
New Survey Suggests School Districts Need State Funding to Better Implement Paid Parental Leave
Ife Finch Floyd
September 26, 2022
Like other workers, our public school and state employees, who serve Georgians every day, deserve supports and assistance ...
Hidden Costs Exact a Toll: Results from GBPI’s 2022 School District Survey
Stephen Owens
September 20, 2022
This report was co-authored by Monica Obregon, a fellow in the Southern Education Leadership Initiative, a program within ...
Labor Day 2022: Georgia’s Correctional Control and Carceral Abuse Hurt All Workers
Ray Khalfani
September 5, 2022
Despite strides to improve the employment prospects of Georgians who have contact with the criminal legal system, state ...
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