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Unemployment Insurance Bill Analysis: House Bill 518 and Senate Bill 160

    As of Crossover Day, March 6, 2023, Georgia’s House and Senate each voted to pass unemployment ...
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Fact Sheet: Voucher Dollars Take from the Many to Benefit the Few

    Using data from the state’s expenses for the existing tax credit voucher and comparing to population ...
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Bill Analysis: SB 233

Key Takeaways Senate Bill 233 is conservatively projected to cost an additional $150 million upon full implementation This ...
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Crossover Day 2023: Modest Safety Net Reforms Advance; Tax Rebates and School Vouchers Create Potential Budget Holes

Yesterday, March 6, marked Crossover Day 2023, the day by which a bill generally must pass out of ...
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Education Equity is Good for DACA Recipients and Georgia | Bill Analysis: House Bill 131 (LC 49 1187)

    This bill analysis was co-authored by Crystal Muñoz, Immigration Analyst. In 2008, the State of Georgia ...
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As Medicaid Unwinding Draws Near, Legislators Should Invest in DFCS Staff to Help Keep Eligible Georgians from Losing Health Coverage

The Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) eligibility workers, some of whom process Medicaid cases and who ...
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Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Labor

    The governor’s proposed budget for the current amended fiscal year (AFY), AFY 2023, was flat for ...
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Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections

    For Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.32 billion budget for the Georgia ...
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Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services

    Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $948 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2024 fiscal ...
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Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs

    Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed 2024 budget includes $1.4 billion for Georgia’s lottery-funded pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) and HOPE ...
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The Basics of Georgia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Quick fact sheet available here. What is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF? TANF is the state’s ...
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Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

    Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides Georgia’s behavioral health and developmental disabilities ...

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