Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Governor’s FY 2012 Education Budget Proposals: The Cuts Continue January 21, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Highlights of the FY 2012 budgets for the Department of Education, Board of Regents, Technical College System of Georgia, and Pre-K and HOPE Scholarship programs. Download the PDF. Read more » Board of Regents Education education budget FY 2012 HOPE Scholarship Pre-K State Budget Technical College System of Georgia
Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports The Governor’s FY 2012 Budget: Have We Hit the Bottom? January 20, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin An overview of the Governor’s FY 2012 budget. Download the PDF. Read more » FY 2012 Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Library Policy Areas Reports Human Services is ‘Down to the Bone’: Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2012 DHS Budget January 20, 2011 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin | 2 Comments on Human Services is ‘Down to the Bone’: Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2012 DHS Budget Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2012 Department of Human Services Budget. Download the PDF. Related Materials: Three Years of Deep Cuts: Overview of the Approved FY 2012 DHS Budget Read more » Department of Human Services Economic Security FY 2012 Report Safety Net State Budget
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 K-12 Education Policy Areas Reports Race to the Top Initiative Aims to Improve K-12 Education in Georgia December 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Over the next four years, the Georgia Department of Education and 26 local education agencies will invest nearly $400 million into the state’s public education system as part of the federal Race to the Top initiative. This report provides an overview of what outcomes citizens of Georgia can expect after $400 million are invested. Download […] Read more » Education K-12 Race to the Top Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports New Proposed State Fund Cuts Could Cost Georgia Millions in Federal Funds December 15, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Proposed state fund cuts for the Department of Human Services current budget and FY 2012 budget could prevent Georgia from meeting its state maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Older Americans Act (OAA) and cost the state millions in federal funds. Download the PDF. Read more » Department of Human Services OAA Older Americans Act Report State Budget TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Reducing Exemptions is Good Tax Reform, But Taxing Groceries is Highly Regressive December 8, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff All exemptions, credits, and deductions should be examined and weighed against each other and against the principles of tax reform. The grocery exemption, in particular, increases equity and should be weighed against other tax breaks with an equity lens. Eliminating the deduction for state income taxes offers an alternative worth considering. Download the PDF. Read more » Fact Sheet State Budget State Taxes tax exemptions
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Policy Areas Georgia Once Again Faces Budget Shortfall: Gov Orders Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in More Cuts July 27, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff As the state begins its 2011 fiscal year it is facing another potential budget shortfall of approx $500 million. This is on top of the $2.5 billion in cuts already implemented since FY 2009. Among the three causes is the failure by Congress to extend the enhanced Medicaid match for states. All departments are affected, […] Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Economic Security Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: Gov Vetoes Revenue Drains, but Signs Law to Raise Taxes on Poor July 26, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The General Assembly passed bills to raise $438 million and improve tax collections during the recent legislative session, but it continued to pass long-term tax cuts in this recession, disregarded other revenue proposals, and shifted taxes onto middle- and low-income Georgians. The governor vetoed a bill with the most costly tax breaks, but signed one […] Read more » Adding Up the Fiscal Notes Report State Budget State Taxes
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Policy Areas Reports State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011 June 24, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff | 2 Comments on State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011 Georgia has 13.7% cumulatively less TANF funds than it had to use for families struggling to make ends meet prior to the Great Recession. Even with less available funding and rising poverty, policymakers continue to use 60% of TANF funds to replace state funds for child welfare-related services while cutting TANF funds from state programs […] Read more » Clare Richie Economic Security Report Safety Net State Budget TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
