PRESS RELEASE: Landmark Gift from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Furthers Research for a Georgia Work Credit and Beyond ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) announced a transformational gift from the Community Foundation for
What 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
The recovery legislation taking shape in the House of Representatives will allow our families and our economy to achieve our long-term potential by reducing longstanding racial and economic inequity. It expands opportunity, creates jobs, lowers the costs of health care
Note: This piece has been updated to reflect an extended deadline to use Code for America’s IRS-approved portal. The deadline to use this tool is now November 15. Key Takeaways: About 159,000 Georgia children live in families at risk of
Last month, GBPI joined more than 20 Georgia organizations in sending a letter to the state’s federal delegation urging them to make the CTC expansions permanent and fully inclusive in this next legislative package. Dear Georgia Federal Delegation, The expanded
The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute works to advance lasting solutions that expand economic opportunity and well-being for all Georgians.
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GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents.
Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form:
