Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ife Finch Floyd This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Ray Khalfani. The 20-Year View In 2004 and again in 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, approximately 1 in 5 children lived in poverty. In addition, about 1 in […] Read more » Budget Department of Human Services DHS foster-care FY 2024 Human Services medicaid Social Services State Budget Workforce Challenges
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2025 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 13, 2024 / February 13, 2024 by Ife Finch Floyd Introduction The Department of Human Services (DHS) oversees various services including foster care, child welfare, support for low-income individuals, aging services and child support.[1] Governor Kemp proposed increasing spending by about $1 billion to DHS in the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) 2024 budget and another $1 billion to the department in Fiscal Year […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Ray Khalfani. FY 2024 Budget for Human Services The fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget includes $985 million for the Department of Human Services (DHS). It also includes a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for state […] Read more » Budget Department of Human Services DHS foster-care FY 2024 Human Services medicaid Social Services State Budget Workforce Challenges
Health Justice Leah Chan New Legislation and Continued Failure to Expand Medicaid Put Georgia’s Health Care Safety Net on Uncertain Path May 3, 2023 / May 5, 2023 by Leah Chan State Plans to Launch Two New, State-Run Health Care Programs While Unwinding Medicaid Continuous Coverage In April 2023, the state began the 14-month process to redetermine the eligibility of all 2.7 million Georgians covered by Medicaid and PeachCare. On its own, this process is a massive, complex undertaking. It places pressure on our state agencies […] Read more » continuous coverage Department of Human Services DHS Georgia Access Model health insurance health insurance marketplace medicaid medicaid unwinding PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 14, 2023 / February 15, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $948 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2024 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers and hiring hundreds of DFCS eligibility workers.[1] The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 proposal increases investment in the agency by $28 million more than the budget lawmakers approved […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ife Finch Floyd This section is co-authored by Economic Justice Senior Policy Analyst Ife Finch Floyd and Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Policy Analyst Ray Khalfani. Georgia’s 2023 Human Services Budget State lawmakers approved $920 million for the Department of Human Services (DHS). The DHS budget restores cuts from previous years and includes more state resources than […] Read more » Department of Human Services Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Ife Finch Floyd Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 3, 2022 / October 13, 2026 by Ife Finch Floyd Download PDF Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed $903 million Department of Human Services (DHS) budget for the 2023 fiscal year includes cost of living adjustments (COLA) for state workers as well as some additional investments in Georgia’s foster care system that help ensure the safety and protection of Georgia’s most vulnerable children. The Fiscal […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Georgia’s 2022 Human Services Budget The $817 million FY 2022 budget for the Department of Human Services (DHS) increases spending from FY 2021 levels by $20 million to protect the safety of Georgia’s most vulnerable children and families. The Department remains $13 million below FY 2020 spending levels, which were reduced due to anticipated declines […] Read more » Department of Human Services Safety Net State Budget
Blog Budget and Taxes House Appropriations Approves Changes to Fiscal Year 2022 Budget March 4, 2021 / March 4, 2021 by Alex Welch This morning, the House Committee on Appropriations approved changes to House Bill 81, the proposal for Georgia’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget, which will take effect on July 1. This proposal now moves to the full House floor for a vote. Gov. Kemp’s initial budget proposal included $1.2 billion in continued budget cuts, following the […] Read more » Budget Budget Cuts Department of Human Services Education health State Budget
Alex Camardelle Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Reports Uncategorized Overview: Georgia’s 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services February 2, 2021 / October 13, 2026 by Alex Camardelle Download PDF The Governor is requesting very small increases in select programs administered by the Department of Human Services (DHS). The request amends the current fiscal year (FY 2021) spending plan by providing a .5 percent bump in spending, and for the next fiscal year (FY 2022) increases funds one percent. The amended […] Read more » child care Department of Human Services foster-care Human Services low income assistance
