Reports
Overview: Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Human Services Budget
Melissa Johnson
January 21, 2014
Strategic Additions Made to DHS Budget; Service Cuts Since Recession Retained The governor’s $516.1 million budget proposal for ...
Overview of Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Budget
GBPI Admin
January 21, 2014
The $20.8 billion budget proposed for Georgia’s 2015 fiscal year projects general fund revenue growth of 4.3 percent, ...
Recovery or Bust: Georgia’s Poor Left Behind
Melissa Johnson
December 17, 2013
More Georgians are living on the desperate side of the federal poverty line than at any time in ...
Cutting Class to Make Ends Meet
Claire Suggs
November 6, 2013
Georgia’s public schools are at a tipping point. School districts are coping with state funding cuts in recent ...
State of Working Georgia 2013
Wesley Tharpe
October 24, 2013
Georgians Struggle to Emerge from Shadow of Great Recession Georgia is still sputtering in the shadow of the ...
Georgians with Disabilities Miss Out on $92 Million in Federal Grants
Melissa Johnson
October 10, 2013
As the number of Georgians with disabilities grew over the last four years, funding that could have helped ...
The Schoolhouse Squeeze
Claire Suggs
September 17, 2013
State Cuts, Plunging Property Values Pinch School Districts Georgia’s school districts are struggling against a relentless financial squeeze. ...
Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future
Wesley Tharpe
August 7, 2013
Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically ...
Georgia Budget Primer 2014
GBPI Admin
July 9, 2013
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Human Services
Melissa Johnson
July 9, 2013
Georgia’s spending to help children, the poor and seniors is overseen by the state Department of Human Services, ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care
Timothy Sweeney
July 9, 2013
Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. ...
GBPI 2014 Primer: Education
Claire Suggs
July 9, 2013
The $9.7 billion Georgia is investing in education in 2014 accounts for more than half of all state ...