Coronavirus Uncategorized GBPI Letter Urges Senators to Pass Comprehensive COVID-19 Relief December 8, 2020 / December 9, 2020 by Alex Welch December 4, 2020 Senator David Perdue455 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington DC 20510 Dear Senator Perdue, The holiday season is supposed to be a time filled with joy and shared with loved ones. But this year, too many Georgians are unable to afford enough to eat, pay bills, or keep up with the rent and families […] Read more » Budget coronavirus COVID-19 SNAP Unemployment
Blog Budget and Taxes People Powered Prosperity New Poll Shows Georgians Support People-First Policies October 5, 2020 / January 29, 2021 by Alex Welch GBPI launched People-Powered Prosperity (PPP) in 2018 with a foundational research report that laid out policies Georgia lawmakers could implement to help everyone across the state thrive, as well as how the state could responsibly pay for programs and services that fully support Georgians. The report focused on four key concepts: educated youth, a strong […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes health Higher Education K-12 People-Powered Prosperity tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Basics Georgia’s 2021 fiscal year runs July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The total budget available to the state is $48.2 billion. That includes $25.9 billion in state funding, $15.1 billion in federal funding and $7.1 billion in agency funds. Prior to the Great Recession, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, the state of […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Primer State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Daniel Kanso, PhD Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Daniel Kanso, PhD The $25.9 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp for the 2021 fiscal year starting July 1, 2020, represents a $2.2 billion overall decrease in state spending from last year. To implement the cuts, most state agencies will receive about 10 percent less funding. FY 2021’s budget also relies on $250 million […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Budget Primer State Budget
Budget Primer Higher Education Jennifer Lee K-12 Education Stephen Owens Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 11, 2020 by Jennifer Lee Georgia’s 2021 Education Budget Georgia lawmakers cut $1 billion from the state’s budget for the Department of Education. The bulk of these cuts, totaling $950 million, will be passed on to 181 local K-12 school systems. State support for private school vouchers through tax credits and direct state funding face no budget cuts. Public school […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Education Higher Education HOPE Scholarship K-12
Alex Camardelle Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 14, 2020 by Alex Camardelle The $796 million FY 2021 budget for the Department of Human Services reduces spending to protect the safety of Georgia’s most vulnerable children and families by $34 million. The Department was not spared from COVID-19’s effect on the state budget. The largest share of state funding for the agency will remain in child welfare and […] Read more » Budget child care Department of Human Services Safety Net
Budget Primer Health Justice Laura Harker Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 10, 2020 by Laura Harker Georgia’s 2021 Health Care Budget Three state agencies are primarily responsible for health care services in Georgia: the Departments of Community Health, Public Health and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. State funding for these three agencies totals $5.2 billion for 2021, or about 20 percent of state general spending. General Fund appropriations for these agencies […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts health medicaid
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Stephanie Angel Georgia Criminal Legal System Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2021 August 10, 2020 / August 14, 2020 by Stephanie Angel The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for 2021 is $1.1 billion. The department oversees all aspects of the state’s prison system, including contracts carried out by private prisons. Corrections officers make up most of the department’s workforce. Recent reform efforts focused on saving costs related to housing inmates and improving re-entry outcomes. Since 2012, […] Read more » Budget Budget Primer criminal justice criminal legal system Department of Corrections
Blog Budget and Taxes Coronavirus Taifa Smith Butler Georgians Need Congress to Prioritize Bipartisan Relief Package August 3, 2020 / August 6, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler Georgians have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Infection numbers in Georgia continue to grow, and our hospitals are stretched to capacity. After declining each week since early May, Georgia is again seeing an increase in unemployment claims, as well as a decline in weekly benefits. […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts coronavirus COVID-19 Unemployment
GBPI In The News Audit: GA Medicaid oversight is uncoordinated, risks overpaying, fraud July 21, 2020 / July 23, 2020 by Alex Welch Georgia’s faulty oversight of private Medicaid management contractors has left the state’s Medicaid program vulnerable to overpaying for health care and to fraud, a state auditor’s report has found. Over seven years from 2013 to 2019, a total of $41 million in claims the contractors paid out for Medicaid “were not subject to adequate oversight […] Read more » Budget COVID-19 health insurance health-care medicaid
