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Tough Choices Lay Ahead for General Assembly in 2012 Legislative Session
Vital state services may face further budget cuts. Most state agencies have seen their budgets cut by an ...
FY 2012 Budget Overview
The state budget is more than just a list of numbers. It is perhaps one of the single ...
Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency
Years of employer tax cuts left Georgia unprepared for a recession and high unemployment; now the state is ...
Report Highlights Harmful Effects of Federal Medicaid Cuts on Georgia’s Economy
Medicaid cuts in the House Republican budget, if implemented today, would have a devastating impact on Georgia’s economy. ...
Georgia Establishes Stand-Alone Public Health Agency Beginning in FY 2012
The FY 2012 budget appropriates $186 million in state funding for the newly established Department of Public Health. ...
Smaller Budgets Impact Higher Education
This fact sheet provides an overview of the FY 2012 budgets for the University System of Georgia and ...
Funding Cuts Affect HOPE Program
The FY 2012 budget allocates $650 million in total funding for programs that provide financial assistance for post-secondary ...
Georgia’s Decreasing TANF Funds: An Overview of the FY 2012 Allocation of TANF Funds in Georgia
Georgia has less available federal and state Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funds for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ...
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training – Georgia Primer
Georgia is poised to maximize its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment & Training program, which will help ...
State Adds Funding to Implement U.S. Department of Justice Settlement
The FY 2012 budget includes new funding to Georgians with developmental disabilities and mental health needs in community ...
Overview of the ESPLOST Initiative for Four Metro Atlanta School Systems
This policy brief provides an overview of the financial performance and expenditure activity related to the Education Special ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2011
State revenues will decrease by almost $100 million in FY 2012 due to five tax bills signed by ...
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