Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas The Only Solution to Georgia’s Multi-Billion Dollar Shortfall Is a Balanced Approach February 12, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Georgia’s budget crisis is not due to funding the wrong priorities or waste and inefficiency. Georgia has a revenue problem. To avoid devastating cuts to such vital government services as education, healthcare, and public safety, Georgia needs a balanced approach to the budget crisis, an approach that includes additional revenues, not just budget cuts. Download […] Read more » budget deficit Fact Sheet revenues State Budget
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Deep Cuts are NOT Georgia’s Only Option February 12, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Using a more balanced approach to budgeting would reduce the cuts, such as budgeting additional revenues through increasing the cigarette tax,enacting a new top income tax rate, improving tax collections, suspending or ending tax breaks, increasing fees, and closing corporate loopholes. Without new revenues, Georgia faces an additional $2.6 billion deficit in FY 2012, according […] Read more » Budget & Taxes budget deficit cigarette tax Fact Sheet Income Tax State Budget tax breaks
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Rebuilding Georgia’s Rainy Day Fund is Key to Long-Term Budget Stability February 11, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Over the next three to five years, the state needs between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in surpluses to rebuild the Revenue Shortfall Reserve (RSR). In order to do so, lawmakers should take a balanced approach to state budgeting that includes additional revenues. Download the PDF. Read more » Fact Sheet rainy day fund Revenue Shortfall Reserve RSR State Budget
Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Policy Areas Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts Vital Eligibility Workers February 11, 2010 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Staff The governor’s proposed Department of Human Services (DHS) budget cut 138 eligibility workers in FY 2011. Eligibility workers process applications for Georgians in need of “safety net” supports. Georgia should use new federal funds to increase the number of eligibility caseworkers. Download the PDF. Read more » Budget Budget & Taxes Budget Cuts Department of Human Services Fact Sheet State Budget
Budget and Taxes K-12 Education Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2011 Education Budget Proposals January 27, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF Education does not escape the governor’s proposed cuts to agencies for the upcoming year. Adjusted for inflation, per student state spending on K-12 education and the University System will fall to their lowest levels in a decade. Read more » Education FY 2011 K-12 Report State Budget University System
Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Reports Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2011 Department of Human Services Budget Proposals January 27, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF The Department of Human Services is facing a wide variety of budget cuts in the FY 2011 budget proposal. These cuts come on top of the cuts already implemented in the FY 2010 budget. Read more » Department of Human Services Economic Security FY 2010 FY 2011 Report Safety Net State Budget
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Overview of the Governor’s Proposed FY 2010 Amended Budget and the FY 2011 Budget January 25, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF Due to the “Great Recession,” state revenues have continued to decline through the first six months of the current fiscal year (FY 2010). This decline is resulting in a FY 2010 budget shortfall of an additional $1.4 billion, for a total FY 2010 budget shortfall of $4.6 billion. Read more » FY 2010 FY 2011 Report State Budget
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the Governor’s Amended FY 2010 & FY 2011 Health Care Budget Proposals January 25, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF The enacted fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget spared the Department of Community Health (DCH) from large-scale program cuts because enhanced federal Medicaid funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as well as additional Tobacco Settlement funds were used to replace DCH state General Fund spending. This report also highlights the […] Read more » DCH Department of Community Health health medicaid State Budget Tobacco Settlement funds
Budget and Taxes Policy Areas Reports Tough On Crime and The Budget January 11, 2008 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff | 1 Comment on Tough On Crime and The Budget Download PDF This report provides recommendations to reform the criminal justice system in Georgia. This system has experienced rapid budget growth due, in part, to Georgia’s tough on crime policies and the rising age of inmates and their associated healthcare costs. These budget pressures are likely to continue, given the growing and aging inmate population, […] Read more » criminal justice Report State Budget
