State Budget Slashes Services for Children, Poor, and the Elderly
Responding to Georgia’s low projected revenues for this upcoming fiscal year, Georgia legislators and the governor agreed to cut $33.5 million in State General Funds from the Department of Human...
View ArticleNew Proposed State Fund Cuts Could Cost Georgia Millions in Federal Funds
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...
View ArticleHuman Services is ‘Down to the Bone’: Highlights of the Governor’s FY 2012...
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
View ArticleStill ‘Down to the Bone’ with Modest Gains
This fact sheet provides an analysis of the proposed FY 2012 budget for the Department of Human Services. Download the PDF.
View ArticleThree Years of Deep Cuts: Overview of the Approved FY 2012 DHS Budget
This report provides an overview of the enacted FY 2012 budget for the Department of Human Services. Download the PDF. Related materials: Human Services is ‘Down to the Bone’: Highlights of the...
View ArticleDepartment of Human Services FY 2012 Budget: Deep Cuts Since 2009
State general funds for the Department of Human Services decreased by 23.8 percent, from $640 million to $487.7 million, for the period from FY 2009 to FY 2012. Download the PDF. Related Materials:...
View Article1 in 4 Georgia children live in poverty: Families Still Reeling From the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie is available for comments and interviews. Media coverage is invited. ATLANTA – Georgia has the 10th highest poverty rate in the nation...
View ArticleFY 2013 Budget Analysis: Human Services
The governor’s FY 2013 budget recommends $2.8 million less in state General Funds compared to FY 2012. Secondly, there are shifts in state funds for program transfers in and out of the Georgia...
View ArticleFY 2013 Budget Analysis: Human Services
The FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Human Services report examines key trends within the Department of Human Resources (DHS), including budget cuts and staff reduction and restructuring all while demand for...
View ArticleOverview: Georgia’s 2014 Fiscal Year Human Services
State Spending Cuts Borne Most Heavily by Most Vulnerable The governor’s budget proposals for the next 17 months do not meet the growing needs of Georgia’s most vulnerable children and adults. In some...
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New Legislation and Continued Failure to Expand Medicaid Put Georgia’s Health...
State Plans to Launch Two New, State-Run Health Care Programs While Unwinding Medicaid Continuous Coverage In April 2023, the state began the 14-month process to redetermine the eligibility of all 2.7...
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Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024
This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Ray Khalfani. FY 2024 Budget for Human Services The fiscal...
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