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Steve Gottlieb, Bill Bolling, Kinship Care

Funding Kinship Care: Saving children, saving money, doing the right thing

by Jason Marshall October 27, 2019 3:32 pmFebruary 17, 2023 3:44 pm

By Guest Columnists STEVE GOTTLIEB and BILL BOLLING, executive director, board member (respectively) of Atlanta Legal Aid

Children in foster care throughout Georgia – and those of us fighting on their behalf to improve their lives – have received some good news about an important program.

As chair of the Judicial Council Budget Committee, Georgia Supreme Court Justice Michael Boggs made the case to the state Senate Appropriations Committee to recommend $375,000 in additional funding to expand Kinship Care, a program created by Atlanta Legal Aid, to the rest of the state.

Gov.-elect Kemp views strong state tax revenues as he ponders first budget proposal

by David Pendered January 9, 2019 6:15 pmFebruary 17, 2023 3:40 pm

Incoming Gov. Brian Kemp has the benefit of delivering his first budget proposal to the Legislature as the state economy continues to expand and spin off an increasing amount of tax revenues, according to an economic outlook contained in a new policy brief by Georgia’s state economist.

Higher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized

Georgia Avoided Fiscal Maneuvers to Close State Budget Gap, But Needs Improvement in Planning, New Study Shows

by SaportaReport December 11, 2017 10:32 amFebruary 17, 2023 2:51 pm

Georgia’s government, unlike others around the country, has succeeded in avoiding one-time fiscal maneuvers to close gaps in its state budget without moving special funds into general funds to pay for current expenditures. But as found in a new study conducted by the Volcker Alliance in partnership with the Center for State and Local Finance […]

Columns

Deserved raises, a lifeline for health care and a few pesky holes in Ga. 2018 budget

by Jason Marshall January 22, 2017 12:38 pmFebruary 17, 2023 3:30 pm

By TAIFA SMITH BUTLER, executive director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute

This is the week state lawmakers will really get down to the business of running Georgia, now that they’ve had time to dig into the governor’s spending plan and department heads wrapped up budget presentations to legislative committees.