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HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...

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Georgia Budget Primer The Georgia Budget Primer examines state spending related to health, education, human services and criminal legal systems in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.

Where do the economic opportunities for Georgians lie within the state budget? Find out in our annual budget primer. gbpi.org/georgiabudge...

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$200 million in Georgia alone. Board members scrambling to decide whether to wait it out via their fund balance or start cutting positions. So illegal and mean.

They should reject any budget that would mean higher food costs for families, more people without health coverage, increased poverty and hardship, and higher debt — all in service to tax cuts for the wealthy. 4/

It’s time for Congressional leaders to abandon an agenda that puts the wealthy before everyone else and start serving the interests of their constituents. 3/

Cuts to these programs would be felt almost immediately across Georgia. Imagine a dad unable to get cancer treatment; parents who can’t afford care and support that their disabled child needs; a mom forced to skip meals so her children don’t go hungry. 2/

We must protect and defend SNAP and Medicaid! Say NO to the largest cuts in the programs’ histories! 2M Georgians have Medicaid to see the doctor & 1.4M get help affording the high cost of groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 1/

Thank you so much for covering SNAP in your analysis.

The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s SNAP Cuts Would Strain Food Banks Amid Rising Food Insecurity Food banks do not have the capacity to alleviate the spike in hunger that would be created by cuts to SNAP.

Food banks will not be able to meet the need if #SNAP is slashed under Congressional proposals

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The Senate proposal for #SNAP would still cut hundreds of billions from the program by shifting costs to the states.

The House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Would Significantly Increase National Debt, Primarily Benefitting Top Earners, While Cutting Health Care and Food Assistance - Georgia Budget and Policy Institute *The following information reflects the legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives on May 22, 2025. The content of this policy brief will be updated as the budget reconciliation ...

There has been a lot of talk about the big budget bill awaiting Senate discussion. In our newest release, expert Danny Kanso breaks down who the bill benefits, and where it will leave the country in thirty years. Read more: bit.ly/400myFA

Georgia security lock feature for SNAP benefits seldom used Georgia rolled out a security lock feature for SNAP cards in December in an effort to curb benefit theft. Six months later, only 6% of households are using it.

While much attention on SNAP is focused on the terrible proposed changes at the fed level, clients' benefits are still being stolen. One feature meant to protect SNAP recipients is seldom used, because many clients aren't aware of it.

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Zoe Neuberger on X: House R’s ag appropriations bill released this morning breaks the nearly 30-year bipartisan commitment to fully fund #WIC so that all eligible families who apply can receive WIC’s full food benefits, nutrition education, and breastfeeding support.

CBPP's Zoe Neuberger posted a thread on X outlining the harmful cuts to WIC in the House Republicans' newly released agriculture appropriations bill: x.com/zoeneuberger...

Check me out Politically GA Washington Wednesdays. I discussed the #SNAP provisions in the House-passed bill that would increase food insecurity in Georgia and the rest of the country.

Georgia residents say they've done it all to protect their food stamps — and they still get stolen Many victims say they followed every guideline to protect their accounts, yet fraud claims continue to flood the state.

Right now, House Ag is marking up a bill that would cut #SNAP by hundreds of billions of dollars. One talking point is that it would address fraud. However, there is nothing in the bill to support SNAP clients who are victims of fraud via skimming

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And by cutting #SNAP (food stamps)
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And they are trying to pay for some of this tax giveaway to the rich by cutting #Medicaid
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Concerned and/or confused about the major tax cuts for the wealthy that House Ways and Means is considering today? @chuckcbpp.bsky.social clears things up

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Samantha Jacoby on X: House Rs’ tax bill includes a new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers — effectively the first nationwide voucher program. Plus, it’s structured as a costly tax break for the wealthy w/an egregious capital gains tax loophole. It should be rejected.

CBPP's Samantha Jacoby posted on X explaining how the House Republican tax bill's new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers works: x.com/jacsamoby/st...

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@gabudget.bsky.social is hosting a virtual event to discuss how to take action to protect #Medicaid & #SNAP.
Friday, May 2, at 2pm
Register here: bit.ly/ProtectMedicaidSNAP

A coalition of hundreds of employers is asking the Trump administration to override the NLRB and dictate labor law With the Trump administration implementing a blizzard of anti-worker initiatives on a near-daily basis, it’s difficult to imagine that these early assaults could be only the tip of the iceberg. But Pr...

Hundreds of employers, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are pushing the Trump administration to illegally overturn key NLRB rulings that would undermine workers’ rights.

TCF senior fellow and former NLRB chair Lauren McFerran explains via @epi.org.
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I use the federal poverty guidelines in my work ALL the time, as do states that assess individuals' eligibility for critical programs. Additionally, w/o these experts, how will the feds assess how much money states get for many of these programs?
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GBPI Applauds Introduction of the American Family Act, 2025 - Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Today, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock introduced the American Family Act , which would expand the federal refundable child tax credit (CTC). This bill would enhance the credit so that it would increase ...

Thank you @warnock.senate.gov and others for introducing the American Family Act. A ROBUST #ChildTaxCredit, like the one in the American Family Act, is one of the best ways to reduce child poverty and support Black and brown families.
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HHS Halts Pilots Aimed at Helping Low-Income Parents Boost Employment, Earnings, and Their Family’s Well-Being | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities In a move that will significantly stymie state innovation in helping low-income families address barriers affecting their employment and earnings, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

HHS's decision to cancel pilot projects for 5 states under the #TANF program is a major setback for low-income families. In his recent blog, my colleague Nick Gwyn explains why this is a big deal: www.cbpp.org/blog/hhs-hal...