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GBPI Letter to Governor Outlines Pitfalls of Medicaid Caps, Block Grants
+ Full Article: GBPI Letter to Governor Outlines Pitfalls of Medicaid Caps, Block GrantsIn a letter delivered today to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute outlined likely negative consequences to the state from potential funding cuts to the federal Medicaid safety net. Federal funding cuts threaten to destabilize the state’s Medicaid budget and force Georgia to deny coverage to eligible Georgians in critical need…
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Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education
+ Full Article: Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher EducationGov. Nathan Deal’s proposed budget of nearly $2.3 billion for the university system and approximately $360 million for technical colleges includes money to increase salaries, which should help both systems attract and retain faculty. Still, state spending per student in the university system remains well below earlier levels so financial pressures that led to tuition…
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Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs
+ Full Article: Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded ProgramsGov. Nathan Deal’s proposed 2018 budget includes $57.4 million in additional lottery funds, bringing the combined total for Georgia’s lottery funded Pre-Kindergarten and HOPE financial aid programs to $1.13 billion. About $757 million of that total is allocated to the HOPE program, and the remaining $364 million is directed to Pre-K. The most significant funding…
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Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
+ Full Article: Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for Human ServicesServices for Children and Older Adults Get Substantial Boost Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $732 million Department of Human Services 2018 budget takes another significant step forward to restoring and fortifying the agency after recession-era cuts. The spending plan adds substantial money for child welfare and other human services. Still, more money is needed to ensure…
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Overview: 2018 Budget for Department of Community Health
+ Full Article: Overview: 2018 Budget for Department of Community HealthGovernor Nathan Deal proposes a 2018 budget of $2.57 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health. This is a decrease of $85.7 million from the 2017 fiscal year, mostly due to an increased rate for federal matching funds in the Medicaid program. Federal funding for the department is $7.6 billion in…
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Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 Education
+ Full Article: Overview: 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for K-12 EducationGov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for the 2018 fiscal year boosts funding for Georgia’s 1.7 million public school students by $515 million over the current budget for a total of $9.4 billion. The proposal includes a 2 percent salary increase for authorized teachers. At the same time, districts face growing financial pressures. The budget calls…
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Overview of Georgia’s 2018 Fiscal Year Budget
+ Full Article: Overview of Georgia’s 2018 Fiscal Year BudgetThe $25 billion state budget proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal for the 2018 fiscal year starting July 1, 2017 lays out his desired roadmap for Georgia to fund the people’s business over the coming year. It represents a $1.26 billion increase in total state spending over the 2017 budget approved last year, an increase of…
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Georgia’s Economy at Risk if Affordable Care Act Repealed
+ Full Article: Georgia’s Economy at Risk if Affordable Care Act RepealedEarlier this month the U.S. Congress passed a budget resolution in the first steps to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the coming weeks congressional leaders plan to move forward in repealing key parts of the ACA and appear poised to delay passing a replacement plan. A repeal and delay sequence could cause 1 million…
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Stabilizing Georgia’s Health System Tops 2017 Legislative To-do List
+ Full Article: Stabilizing Georgia’s Health System Tops 2017 Legislative To-do ListAs published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution A reeling state health care system. Chronically underfunded public schools. Working families and communities that need a financial boost. State lawmakers convene in Atlanta this week with those pressing issues on their to-do list once again. Georgia’s 236 legislators also are required to pass a budget, expected to…
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