Budget and Taxes Health Justice Laura Harker Reports State Earned Income Tax Credits — a Proven Tool to Improve Health August 29, 2018 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker | 1 Comment on State Earned Income Tax Credits — a Proven Tool to Improve Health Download PDF People living in communities suffering from poverty are more likely to be saddled with poorer health.[1] The richest Americans enjoy a life expectancy 10 to 14 years longer than the poorest Americans, according to a study of 1.4 billion tax records between 1999 and 2014.[2] People living in poverty often face toxic stress […] Read more » Budget & Taxes Earned Income Tax Credit EITC Georgia Work Credit health
Blog Cash and Safety Net Worker Justice Working Families Leverage Tax Credits to Make Ends Meet and Invest in Future July 17, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Eric Strunz Paying for health care and paying off credit cards. Buying food, clothing or school supplies for children. Making car repairs. These are a few examples of how Georgians working with low wages invest the extra dollars they qualify for during tax season from the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Established in 1974, the EITC […] Read more » EITC Georgia Work Credit
GA Work Credit Past Events Tax Credits for Working Families: Powerful Tools to Improve Health July 13, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Eric Strunz Public health professionals, tax policy experts and advocates for working families came together at this insightful briefing about how targeted tax credits can yield meaningful health benefits for families earning modest incomes. Created in 1975, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reduces federal taxes for low-wage workers and has become one of the most effective policy […] Read more » EITC Georgia Work Credit
Alex Camardelle Blog Health Justice Worker Justice Health, Entrepreneurship, and Child Care Among Top Priorities for Georgia Women May 31, 2018 / April 25, 2023 by Alex Camardelle Millions of moms graduate from college every year. Women-owned Georgia businesses generate millions of dollars in revenue and create thousands of living wage jobs. Affordable child care for all working mothers. Women earn equal pay for equal work. All women live longer with access to high quality and affordable health care. These are pieces of […] Read more » economy EITC entrepreneurship Georgia women Georgia Work Credit medicaid Minimum Wage paid leave Women Working Ahead Workforce Development
Blog Taifa Smith Butler Worker Justice Make a $1 Billion Investment in Georgia’s Youth, Workers, Families and Communities January 29, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler As published by SaportaReport You’ve no doubt heard many times Georgia is the No. 1 place to do business, but what if the state can also be the top place to settle and raise a family? That is the audacious vision the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute unveiled at its Jan. 25 policy conference under […] Read more » economy Education EITC Georgia Work Credit health Higher Education medicaid Medicaid Expansion People-Powered Prosperity
GBPI In The News Help Rural Georgians’ Health and Pocketbook January 15, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin Lawmakers appear poised to try something new to help struggling communities in rural Georgia and our neighbors from Blue Ridge to Thomasville are no doubt glad to receive the attention. Ideas floated recently by a state House study committee range from expanding broadband access to paying professionals to relocate to rural communities. Read the full article […] Read more » EITC HOPE Scholarship Medicaid Expansion Taifa Smith Butler
Blog Health Justice K-12 Education Taifa Smith Butler Worker Justice Help Rural Georgians’ Health and Pocketbook January 15, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler | 1 Comment on Help Rural Georgians’ Health and Pocketbook Originally posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lawmakers appear poised to try something new to help struggling communities in rural Georgia and our neighbors from Blue Ridge to Thomasville are no doubt glad to receive the attention. Ideas floated recently by a state House study committee range from expanding broadband access to paying professionals to relocate […] Read more » EITC HOPE medicaid Op-Ed
Budget and Taxes Reports Wesley Tharpe A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class November 3, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe A Georgia Work Credit would give a bottom-up tax cut to more than a million working families in Georgia, providing lifelong benefits for children and boosting local economies. Read more » EITC Georgia Work Credit State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Cash and Safety Net Bigger Tax Credits for Working Families Lead to Bigger, Healthier Babies October 26, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Eric Strunz Some 1,047 babies in Georgia a year can be saved from risky, low birth weight if lawmakers pass a credit to offset state taxes for low-income working families, according to a new study. State tax credits for working families with modest wages are linked to higher birth weights for babies across the country, and larger […] Read more » EITC Georgia Work Credit Safety Net tax-credits taxes
Blog Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Jennifer Owens Worker Justice Momentum on State Earned Income Tax Credits Evident Across the Country, Will Georgia Be Next? July 26, 2017 / January 14, 2020 by Jennifer Owens This spring significant momentum built across the country for state earned income tax credits (EITCs). In recent months, three more states adopted new state-level EITCs to support low-wage workers struggling to make ends meet. Now 29 states and the District of Columbia provide the tax credit. Six of those states offer non-refundable credits, meaning the […] Read more » EITC Georgia Work Credit
