Reports

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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 ...
Wallet-Pocket-696x464 Alan Essig

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, ...
Holding-Child (1) Author

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 ...
Classroom-Elementary1 (1) Author

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 ...
Father-Son (1) Author

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 ...
Lunch-Cafeteria2 (1) Author

The Schoolhouse Squeeze

State Cuts, Plunging Property Values Pinch School Districts Georgia’s school districts are struggling against a relentless financial squeeze. ...
GoldDome2 Author

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 ...
Wallet-Squeeze (1) Budget and Taxes

Georgia Budget Primer 2014

The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide ...
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GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services

Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, ...
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GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care

Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. ...
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GBPI 2014 Primer: Education

The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state ...

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