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Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
+ Full Article: Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Early Care and LearningDownload PDF In his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget, Gov. Kemp proposed $461 million for the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL). It includes more state resources for Child Care Services and pay raises for pre-Kindergarten teachers and assistant teachers. The FY 2023 proposal increases investment in the agency by $21 million…
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Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections
+ Full Article: Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of CorrectionsFor Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.27 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Furthermore, as part of a dual-agency operation to purchase and construct new state prison facilities, he proposed an additional $167.7 million for the Georgia…
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Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
+ Full Article: Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental DisabilitiesGov. Brian Kemp’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget proposal increases funding for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) by $129 million compared to FY 2021, an 11 percent increase in state funds.[1] The FY 2023 budget proposal is a $96 million increase over FY 2020, representing a total increase of…
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Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Public Health
+ Full Article: Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Georgia Department of Public HealthGBPI Research Director David Schaefer also contributed to this report. Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2023 budget of $334.9 million in state general funds for the Department of Public Health (DPH). The agency is also set to receive $13.8 million from a tobacco industry legal settlement and $1.6 million from the Brain and…
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Hundreds of Millions of Dollars at Stake for a Failed Policy | Bill Analysis House Bill 60 (LC 49 0793S)
+ Full Article: Hundreds of Millions of Dollars at Stake for a Failed Policy | Bill Analysis House Bill 60 (LC 49 0793S)Note: This piece provides an update to a 2021 analysis of a previous version of the bill, available here. Georgia’s General Assembly operates on a two-year session cycle, so while the bill did not pass in 2021 it is still live and lawmakers may consider the current version. Key Takeaways House Bill 60 would…
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Bill Analysis: House Bill 999 (LC 49 0739)
+ Full Article: Bill Analysis: House Bill 999 (LC 49 0739)Key Takeaways House Bill 999 relies on a faulty measure to calculate the state’s allocations to public schools Georgia cannot afford to ignore the needs inside public schools in favor of exclusionary private schools State lawmakers concerned about Georgia’s children should reject HB 999 and consider legislation like HB 10 which provided additional funding…
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Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health
+ Full Article: Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community HealthGov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2023 budget of $3.9 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health (DCH). General funds for the agency increased by $516 million from the 2022 fiscal year, mostly to offset the expected loss of federal Medicaid matching funds and account for growth in Medicaid expenses.[1]…
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Overview: Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
+ Full Article: Overview: Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Human ServicesDownload PDF Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $903 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2023 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers as well as some additional investments in Georgia’s foster care system that help ensure the safety and protection of Georgia’s most vulnerable children. The Fiscal…
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Important Facts for Claiming the Expanded Child Tax Credit
+ Full Article: Important Facts for Claiming the Expanded Child Tax CreditWhat is the Child Tax Credit? The federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) helps families with the cost of raising children. This round of the CTC provides $3,000 a year for each child ages 6 to 17 and $3,600 a year for each child under 6. In other years, the CTC was only $2,000 per child,…
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