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Overview of Georgia’s Budget for the Amended 2025 and Full 2026 Fiscal Years

Governor Brian P. Kemp’s executive budget proposals for the current fiscal year (AFY 2025) and next year (FY ...
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From Barriers to Bridges: How Fines and Fees Reform Can Help Boost Economic Security

  This report was co-authored by Ray Khalfani, Senior Analyst, Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems and Ife ...
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Public Health for All Y’all: How A Thriving, Fully Funded Public Health System Can Support a Stronger, Healthier Georgia

  Introduction Georgia’s health security and economic well-being depend on a thriving, fully funded state and local public ...
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Public Education Deserves Full State Investment: Results of GBPI 2024 School District Survey

This report was co-authored by Ashley Young, GBPI’s Senior Education Analyst, and Jae-Kur Lockhart, a fellow in the ...
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Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage Program: The First Year in Review

The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) would like to thank the Georgians who showed courage and vulnerability ...
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Georgia Housing Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025

The 20-Year View This year, on our 20th anniversary, GBPI is including for the first time a feature ...
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Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025

The 20-Year View Before the Great Recession, adjusting for inflation, Georgia spent about $3,080 per person in FY ...
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Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025

The 20-Year View Inefficient tax breaks cost the state money that should be invested in its people. Georgia ...
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Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025

This section is co-authored by Vice President of Research and Policy,  David Schaefer, Director of Economic Justice Ife ...
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Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025

The 20-Year View In 2004-2005, Georgia had the 8th highest uninsured rated in the nation, and in 2022, ...
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Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025

This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice ...
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Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025

The 20-Year View Over the last 20 years, the costs of running Georgia’s prisons have risen by almost ...

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GBPI Has New Data on Federal Policy

GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents. 

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: