Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Ray Khalfani Georgia’s 2023 Department of Corrections Budget Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for FY 2023 is $1.28 billion. GDC 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. Several reform bills since 2012 sought to address issues related to prison […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems Department of Corrections State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $30.2 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2023, which started July 1, 2022, represents a return to pre-pandemic levels of spending across most areas of government, albeit with state government employing nearly 5,800 fewer full-time staff in FY 2021 than it did in 2019, down nearly 9 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Higher Education K-12 Education Georgia Education Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Stephen Owens This section is co-authored by K-12 Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Stephen Owens and Higher Education Senior Policy Analyst Jennifer Lee. Georgia’s 2023 Education Budget The state budget for K-12 public schools is $10.7 billion in FY 2023. After years of budgets with dedicated cuts to the state’s education system, lawmakers met the school funding requirement […] Read more » Education Higher Education K-12 State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / September 6, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Introduction Georgia plans to spend $30.2 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2023 fiscal year. This budget largely reflects a restoration of previous COVID-era budget cuts and represented a unique opportunity to invest in state fiscal policies that advance racial equity and economic opportunity, and to help Georgia families from […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Health Justice Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 July 27, 2022 / July 26, 2022 by Leah Chan | 1 Comment on Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2023 Georgia’s 2023 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Community Health and Public Health are the three primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $6.2 billion in total state funds for these three agencies in the 2023 budget year, or about 20 percent […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget
Budget and Taxes Daniel Kanso, PhD Reports Overview of Georgia’s 2023 Fiscal Year Budget January 21, 2022 / January 21, 2022 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Powered by unprecedented federal support to mitigate the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kemp’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget presents a sharp reversal from the deep budget cuts implemented during FY 2021-22. It includes an 11 percent spike in per-capita state spending that will add approximately $3 billion in funding […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Revenue Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Introduction Georgia plans to spend $27.3 billion in state money raised through taxes and fees for the 2022 fiscal year. The budget maintains nearly $850 million in cuts from FY 2020 levels, a reduction equivalent to cutting approximately 4 percent of General Funds from the budget. Although lawmakers restored about half of the previous year’s […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Georgia Budget Trends Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Daniel Kanso, PhD Budget Trends The $27.3 billion state budget signed into law by Gov. Kemp for FY 2022, which started July 1, 2021, represents an $849 million decrease in state spending from the state’s 2020 budget that was enacted two years prior—that is, compared to pre-pandemic levels—without adjusting for changes in population and inflation. The FY 2022 […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts State Budget
Budget Primer Criminal Legal System Reform Georgia Criminal Legal Systems Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2022 June 29, 2021 / July 1, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Georgia’s 2022 Department of Corrections Budget The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) budget for FY 2022 is $1.12 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. The most recent reform efforts focus on more cost-efficient spending […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems Department of Corrections State Budget
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
