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Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education

Funding Inches Up, Gaps Persist Georgia’s proposed $1.94 billion budget for higher education in the 2015 fiscal year ...
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Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Business Subsidies

State Support for Private Sector Remains High Georgia plans to spend about $683 million on various tax breaks ...
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Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year for Medicaid and PeachCare

The governor’s budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year adds a net increase of $143 million more than ...
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Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs

Funding for Pre-Kindergarten and HOPE Falls Short of Students’ Needs The governor’s proposed $948 million budget for the ...
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Overview: Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Human Services Budget

Strategic Additions Made to DHS Budget; Service Cuts Since Recession Retained The governor’s $516.1 million budget proposal for ...
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Overview of Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Budget

The $20.8 billion budget proposed for Georgia’s 2015 fiscal year projects general fund revenue growth of 4.3 percent, ...
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Recovery or Bust: Georgia’s Poor Left Behind

More Georgians are living on the desperate side of the federal poverty line than at any time in ...
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Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet

Georgia’s public schools are at a tipping point. School districts are coping with state funding cuts in recent ...
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State of Working Georgia 2013

Georgians Struggle to Emerge from Shadow of Great Recession Georgia is still sputtering in the shadow of the ...
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Georgians with Disabilities Miss Out on $92 Million in Federal Grants

As the number of Georgians with disabilities grew over the last four years, funding that could have helped ...
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The Schoolhouse Squeeze

State Cuts, Plunging Property Values Pinch School Districts Georgia’s school districts are struggling against a relentless financial squeeze. ...
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Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future

Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically ...

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Critical SNAP Updates

The Georgia Department of Human Services has clarified that SNAP recipients can use their EBT card with any unspent SNAP benefits in November.  

DHS states: “Households may continue to redeem benefits issued to their electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card prior to Nov. 1, 2025, at any SNAP authorized retailer.” 

However, as DHS reported before, the November SNAP benefits will be suspended until federal funds are available. 

If you are in need of food, you can find a local food bank here 

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