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Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage to Improve Maternal Health in Georgia
+ Full Article: Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage to Improve Maternal Health in GeorgiaNote on Nov. 11, 2021: In 2021, Georgia was approved to expand postpartum Medicaid to six months. Federal lawmakers are debating requiring states to extend the program to one year after giving birth. Georgia lawmakers are considering a measure to allow mothers who receive Medicaid to keep their coverage for six months after their delivery.…
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Every Georgian Deserves Access to Higher Education
+ Full Article: Every Georgian Deserves Access to Higher EducationCo-authored by Policy Fellow Stephanie Angel and Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Lee Diana graduated from Gainesville High School at the top of her class in 2014. She started attending the University of North Georgia (UNG), taking a lower course load than she wanted, because she could not afford to go to school full-time. Though she…
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Georgia Leaders Face Choice Between Tax Cuts for High Income Earners and Funding Key State Priorities
+ Full Article: Georgia Leaders Face Choice Between Tax Cuts for High Income Earners and Funding Key State PrioritiesDownload PDF Twelve days into the 2020 session of the Georgia General Assembly, legislators voted to take a week-long break from regular business to allow extra time for deliberations over Georgia’s fiscal priorities and annual appropriations bills. State leaders continue to express concerns over Gov. Kemp’s executive budget proposals, which include the first mandatory agency…
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Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Public Health
+ Full Article: Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Public HealthGov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2021 budget of $263.5 million in state general funds for the Department of Public Health. The agency is also set to receive $13.7 million from a tobacco industry legal settlement and $1.4 million from the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund. In addition to these state funds, the proposed budget…
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Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Corrections
+ Full Article: Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of CorrectionsDownload PDF For Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a $1.16 billion budget for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), an agency charged with overseeing the state’s prison system. Georgia’s history of tough-on-crime policies impacted the growth of the GDC’s prison population and increased expenditures by $335.2 million between 1997 and 2007.[1] Following…
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Overview: 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia’s Department of Community Health
+ Full Article: Overview: 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia’s Department of Community HealthDownload PDF Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2021 budget of $3.15 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health. Although Gov. Kemp instructed agencies to reduce their budgets by 4 percent for amended fiscal year (AFY) 2020 and 6 percent for fiscal year (FY) 2021, Medicaid spending was excluded from the cuts…
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Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
+ Full Article: Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental DisabilitiesDownload PDF Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for the 2021 fiscal year cuts state general funds for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities by $24.3 million from FY 2020. These cuts required the agency to prioritize the growing need for psychiatric crisis services while having to reduce funding for general behavioral health services and…
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Overview of Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget
+ Full Article: Overview of Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget Overview After a stretch of largely uninterrupted growth that saw state revenues climb by an annual average of 6 percent between fiscal years (FY) 2011 and 2019, many of Georgia’s agencies have been asked to make mandatory spending cuts. Those cuts are in response to slowing economic activity, increased spending driven by Gov. Brian…
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New Poll Shows Georgians Support Strong Budget, Oppose Risky Tax Cuts
+ Full Article: New Poll Shows Georgians Support Strong Budget, Oppose Risky Tax CutsOur state budget is a clear reflection of Georgia’s priorities. Funding critical programs across the areas of health care, education and public safety requires a stable revenue system capable of keeping pace with the continued growth of our state’s population. In August 2019, the governor requested that many state agencies begin implementing budget cuts of …
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