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Georgia Families Lose Food Assistance, Bigger Threat Looms

More than 1.9 million Georgians, including more than one in three Georgia children, are more likely to go hungry this month.  At the outset of November dramatic cuts took effect for the Supplemental...

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Remembering Broad Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Watching the critically-acclaimed film, “Selma,” last weekend provided a stark reminder of how much progress this country has made toward fulfilling the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the...

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Increasing Access to Child Care Helps Georgia’s Women, State Economy

Guest blogger Kelly Dolan is executive director of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation At the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, we know that advocacy is one of the most effective ways to combat the sort of...

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Georgia’s 2016 Human Services Budget Reflects GBPI Influence

Georgia lawmakers took steps in the just-ended legislative session to improve the lives of some of the state’s most vulnerable people. Lawmakers allotted $900,000 more in the 2016 state budget to help...

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Summer Brings Child Hunger Challenges

It’s that time of year again. The school year is ending and Georgia children are leaving classrooms for summer break. For more than 1 million Georgia children who qualify for free- or reduced-price...

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Rising Child Poverty Places More Demand on Summer Feeding Programs

Georgia summer nutrition programs served about 18,000 more children in July 2014 than in July 2013. That’s the good news. The bad news is that these programs still served less than one in six needy...

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Improved Adult Education Support Critical to Georgia’s Bottom Line

Georgia’s economic well-being is threatened by the high numbers of adults without a high school diploma or a General Equivalency Development credential (GED®). Nearly 866,000 Georgians ages 18 to 64 do...

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Educating Adults Critical to Georgia’s Success

School is starting this week for many Georgia children but education ended much too soon for many of the state’s adults.  Nearly 866,000 Georgians from 18 to 64 are without a high school diploma or...

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Pending TANF Changes Could Send Georgia Budget Writers Scrambling

Melissa Johnson   Pending changes to a federal work-development and safety-net program that relies on state contributions could create a shortfall of tens of millions of dollars Georgia budget writers...

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Georgia Misses Opportunity to Improve Child Care

Georgia is one of 16 states where families are worse off because of its child care policies, according to a new report by the National Women’s Law Center. Families fare worse in Georgia because the...

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Georgia Lawmakers Can Still Create Opportunity for State’s Young Immigrants

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday against a group of young immigrants seeking in-state tuition at the state’s colleges and universities. The court’s ruling leaves the option for Georgia lawmakers...

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Bill Aims at Nonexistent Problem to Target Georgia’s Poor

Georgia House Bill 1006 proposes to rip another hole in the state’s frayed safety net, cutting lifetime eligibility for cash assistance for the poorest of Georgia’s poor by 75 percent. Lawmakers...

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Report: Georgia students go hungry during the summer

Georgia is among six states that “missed out” on the most federal funding for feeding children from low-income households, according to a new report. Read more. The post Report: Georgia students go...

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States ease access to welfare and food stamps for convicted drug felons

Twenty years after a federal law blocked people with felony drug convictions from receiving welfare or food stamps, more states are loosening those restrictions — or waiving them entirely. In April,...

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More will have to work to keep food stamps

Georgia plans to significantly expand the number of counties that require food stamp recipients with no children to find a job, extending the program from three to 24 counties across the state. The...

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Economic Opportunity Agenda for Georgia Women

The post Economic Opportunity Agenda for Georgia Women appeared first on Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

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Able-bodied food stamp recipients could lose benefits

Days from now, thousands more Georgia food stamp recipients would lose their benefits if they fail to find a job. The April 1 deadline applies to nearly 12,000 adults – all deemed able-bodied and...

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Work Requirements, Time Limits Constrain Food Assistance

This year the state informed nearly 12,000 Georgians that they were at risk of being cut off from food assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly called food stamps)....

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How did more than 7,000 Georgians lose food stamps?

Thousands of Georgians were dropped from food stamp benefits this year – roughly 62 percent of the state’s recipients. The state told them they had an April 1 deadline to find a job, or lose their...

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Career Pathways Can Strengthen Georgia Families

Georgia parents work hard every day to put food on the table and provide a brighter future for their children. Yet more than one in three of the state’s working families with children are likely to...

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