Budget and Taxes Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency September 28, 2011 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 4 Comments on Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency Years of employer tax cuts left Georgia unprepared for a recession and high unemployment; now the state is borrowing $721 million from the federal government to meet its obligation. This policy brief provides an update on Georgia’s insolvent unemployment trust fund, as well as recommendations for how the state can rebuild its reserve and avoid […] Read more » Clare Richie Federal Budget & Taxes Reports unemployment trust fund
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia’s Decreasing TANF Funds: An Overview of the FY 2012 Allocation of TANF Funds in Georgia June 22, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 4 Comments on Georgia’s Decreasing TANF Funds: An Overview of the FY 2012 Allocation of TANF Funds in Georgia Georgia has less available federal and state Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funds for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) due to a decreasing federal unobligated balance; cuts to the federal TANF Supplemental Grant; and, an increased reliance on private funds for TANF MOE. Download the PDF. Related Materials: State Directs Majority of TANF Funds […] Read more » Clare Richie Economic Security FY 2012 Reports Safety Net State Budget TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports House Bill 326: Policy Proposals and Options for Reforming HOPE and Pre-K February 25, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin The policy brief provides an analysis of the governor’s proposed plans for reforming Georgia’s HOPE and Pre-K programs, including the importance of HOPE reform and opportunities to strengthen the proposed plan. Download the PDF. Related Materials: HOPE for Whom? For Some it Doesn’t Pay to Play the Georgia Lottery HOPE on a Tightrope: Maximizing […] Read more » Education HB 326 HOPE Scholarship House Bill 326 Pre-K Reports
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: More than $600 Million Owed to the Federal Government February 16, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 2 Comments on Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: More than $600 Million Owed to the Federal Government Georgia currently has an insolvent unemployment trust fund. This policy brief examines what payments are due in 2011 for Georgia’s outstanding loan, the consequences of not paying, and options for returning to solvency. Download the PDF. Related Materials: Georgia’s Unemployment Trust Fund: A Plan Urgently Needed to Restore Solvency Don’t Ask Georgia’s Unemployed to […] Read more » Economic Security Federal Budget & Taxes Reports Safety Net State Budget unemployment trust fund
Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports Senate Resolution 20: What a Tax and Expenditure Limitation Would Mean for Georgia February 10, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin This report looks at Senate Resolution 20, which limits spending growth by setting a cap on the amount of revenue Georgia can budget each year. Under Senate Resolution 20’s formula, the state budget can be equal to either of the prior two years’ spending levels or can increase over the previous year’s spending level by […] Read more » Reports Senate Resolution 20 SR 20 State Budget State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Governor’s Proposed Health Budgets January 20, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 2 Comments on Governor’s Proposed Health Budgets Highlights of the FY 2012 budgets for the Department of Community Health and Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities. Download the PDF. Read more » DCH Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Health FY 2012 health Reports State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Other States Take Action on Tax Breaks December 6, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Tax breaks are enacted each year and, once in the tax code, remain there without evaluation or scrutiny. These tax preferences shrink the tax base and many reduce fairness by shifting taxes onto other businesses and individuals who do not receive the exemption or cause lawmakers to reduce state services. Georgia can follow models other […] Read more » Reports State Taxes tax breaks tax code
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Last Chance for Policymakers to Fund Forest Land Protection Act Reimbursements February 22, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF The Amended Fiscal Year 2010 budget should contain the first state reimbursements to certain schools and counties for property tax exemptions provided in the Forest Land Protection Act of 2008. Without these funds, several rural school districts face another loss of revenue, beyond the cuts to formula funding experienced across districts. Read more » Forest Land Protection Act Reports State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Recovery Act Directly Aiding Unemployed, Elderly, and Low-Income Families January 12, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF Data on dollars spent and Georgians helped to date with a county-by-county breakdown. Read more » Federal Budget & Taxes Recovery Act Reports
