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Whether you’re a policymaker exploring solutions, a student conducting research or someone just trying to learn more about the Georgia budget and fiscal policy, we produce research, analysis and testimony on a wide range of issues.
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GBPI 2020 Policy Priorities
+ Full Article: GBPI 2020 Policy PrioritiesThe Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all Georgians share in the state’s prosperity. These are the policy priorities GBPI will track during 2020. Many are part of our People-Powered Prosperity campaign. For more insights throughout session, be sure to follow @GaBudget on Twitter and…
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Heading into a New Decade with Gratitude and Intention
+ Full Article: Heading into a New Decade with Gratitude and IntentionToday marks the last day of 2019 and the end of the decade and GBPI’s 15th anniversary year. We’ll officially wrap our anniversary celebration on Friday, January 24 at our annual Insights policy conference with New York Time’s Nikole Hannah-Jones as our keynote speaker. You don’t want to miss it. Gratitude My heart is filled…
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GBPI Presents 1115 Waiver Public Comments
+ Full Article: GBPI Presents 1115 Waiver Public CommentsOn Nov. 22 at the Kennesaw public hearing held by the Georgia Department of Community Health, GBPI Senior Health Policy Analyst Laura Harker offered public comments on the state’s 1115 waiver proposal. Below are her full comments presented at that hearing. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute shares the goals of increasing access to health…
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Insights 2020 Puts Georgia’s Ongoing Revenue Challenges in Focus
+ Full Article: Insights 2020 Puts Georgia’s Ongoing Revenue Challenges in FocusWith state agencies facing their first budget cuts since the Great Recession, Georgians were eager to hear more about which services are seeing reductions in funding and how Georgia plans to combat declining revenues this year at Insights 2020: Weighing Opportunity. Nearly 300 attendees turned out for GBPI’s annual policy conference on January 24, the…
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Supreme Court To Hear Arguments on Fate of DACA Program
+ Full Article: Supreme Court To Hear Arguments on Fate of DACA ProgramThe Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was established in 2012 and granted some undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children temporary relief from deportation. Since its inception, DACA has provided relief to approximately 21,110 individuals who have made a home and built a life in Georgia, contributing to our communities as…
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State Health Care Proposals Fall Short and Undermine Comprehensive Health Plans
+ Full Article: State Health Care Proposals Fall Short and Undermine Comprehensive Health PlansDownload PDF On November 4, 2019, Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Community Health released two new health care proposals: draft applications for an 1115 Medicaid waiver and a 1332 state innovation waiver. The 1115 Medicaid waiver focuses on coverage options for people with incomes below the poverty line ($12,000 for an individual…
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Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care Access
+ Full Article: Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care AccessBefore 2017, the national uninsured rate for children declined for nearly 10 years; however, the share of uninsured children suddenly increased that year (the most recent year available). In Georgia, the number of children without health insurance increased by 21,000. There are many reasons that progress to covering more children has stalled, including cuts to…
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2020 Revenue Collections Fall Short of State’s Estimates
+ Full Article: 2020 Revenue Collections Fall Short of State’s EstimatesBased on the first quarter of the 2020 fiscal year, which began July 1, the state of Georgia faces mounting shortfalls in both income tax and sales tax collections, which make up nearly 80 percent of funding needed to operate our state government. Under the budget enacted earlier this year, Georgia’s general fund revenue estimate…
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Georgia agencies’ plans to reduce budgets heavy on job, pay cuts
+ Full Article: Georgia agencies’ plans to reduce budgets heavy on job, pay cutsGov. Brian Kemp’s administration says layoffs should be the last resort for state agencies trying to meet his call for budget cuts, but department heads have been contacting employees in recent weeks to tell them their jobs may be eliminated, or that they’ll have to take huge pay cuts. GBPI Policy Analyst Danny Kanso said…
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