Welfare & Food Stamps Publications

In 1996, the federal government replaced welfare with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).  In Georgia, TANF funds direct cash assistance for adult and child recipients, as well as non-cash assistance programs, including child care, work assistance, afterschool services, transportation, mental health, and child protective services.  For fiscal year 2009, Georgia will spend 56 percent of TANF funds on child protective services and other child welfare related services, such as adoption services and foster care.

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Page 1 of 2 State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011 Georgia has 13.7% cumulatively less TANF funds than it had to use for families struggling to make ends meet prior to the Great Recession. Even with less available funding and rising poverty, policymakers continue to use 60% of TANF funds to replace state funds for child welfare-related services while cutting TANF funds from state programs that directly satisfy its core self-sufficiency purposes. Posted: 6/24/2010 Category: Budget, Recovery Act, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Budget Proposal for the Dept. of Human Services The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget proposal cuts the Department of Human Services budget by an additional $11.4 million over the governor’s January proposal. DHS now faces a $33 million cut in state General Funds for FY 2011 compared to this year’s enacted budget. This is a 6.1 percent cut on top of several years of cuts to the department, which includes services for child abuse protection and the elderly. Posted: 4/16/2010 Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend DHS Budget Facts: Deep Cuts in the Frontline The governor’s proposed state budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 total $116.5 million, or 18.2 percent, of the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) budget. Posted: 2/23/2010 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend Fact Sheet: Governor's Proposed Budgets Cut Vital Eligibility Workers 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. Posted: 2/12/2010 Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend Highlights of the Governor's FY 2011 Department of Human Services Budget Proposals 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. Posted: 1/25/2010 Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend Recovery Act Directly Aiding Unemployed, Elderly, and Low-Income Families Data on dollars spent and Georgians helped to date with a county-by-county breakdown. Posted: 1/12/2010 Category: Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Recovery Act Download Report    |    Email to a friend The Clock Is Ticking: Will Georgia Maximize Federal Stimulus Funds to Help Poor Families? Provisions in the ARRA are intended to help poor families during this historic recession, yet the state plan calls for using less than two percent of the available TANF Emergency Fund. Posted: 11/3/2009 Category: Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Recovery Act Download Report    |    Email to a friend Summary of Successful TANF-Funded State Initiatives That Increase Family Self-Sufficiency 3-pg summary of the key findings and recommendations discussed in the report to help families by using TANF funds wisely, including recommendations for applying for $165 million in ARRA (stimulus funds). Posted: 8/24/2009 Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Recovery Act Download Report    |    Email to a friend Strategies Georgia Can Use to Reduce Rising Poverty A groundbreaking review of successful TANF-funded state initiatives that increase families’ self-sufficiency, including recommendations that Georgia policymakers and lawmakers can implement now to reduce Georgia's rising poverty levels. Posted: 8/18/2009 Category: family economic security, welfare and food stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend FY 2010 Budget for the Dept of Human Services and Dept of Behavior Health/Developmental Disabilities State lawmakers cut the FY 2010 general fund budget for the DHS by $112.3 million (18.1 percent) and the DBHDD by $118.6 million (14.7 percent). These severe cuts are lessened federal stimulus funds – $ 19.6 million for DHS and $65.1 million for DBHDD. DHS also uses $27.4 million in federal TANF funds to replace state funds. Posted: 6/29/2009 Category: Budget, Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Page 1 of 2 Loading… Page 1 of 2 Improving Access to Food Stamps in Georgia Posted: 1/3/2005 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend A Georgia Minimum Wage Increase Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Workers and Children An increase in the minimum wage would impact workers of all ages, race, gender and family composition. composition. Posted: 12/13/2006 Category: Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend Georgia's Declining Welfare Caseloads: Sign of Success or Failure? This report compares, by county, the decreasing TANF caseloads to the number of unemployed, Low-income Medicaid recipients, and Food Stamp recipients. Posted: 1/19/2007 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Georgia's Food Stamp Program: Feeding Georgians and Feeding the Economy This report provides comprehensive information about the federal Food Stamp Program and the critical support it provides to thousands of families. This report also examines the significant economic impact Food Stamps have on the state economy. Posted: 2/13/2007 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend The Erosion of Food Stamp Benefits in Georgia This brief examines how the Food Stamp program has lost pace with the rising cost of living. Posted: 5/8/2007 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend TANF Budget 2002-2007: The Shifting Priorities This report examines the expenditure of TANF funds from 2002 to 2007. Posted: 6/12/2007 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Tightening the Belt on Georgia's TANF Program: Doing More with Less in FY 2008 and Beyond This report tracks the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF) appropriations across the Department of Human Resources. Posted: 5/12/2008 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Reaching Georgia Tables Food insecurity in Georgia is among the highest in the nation and growing. Report documents county-by-county rates, percentage of people not utilizing federal aid, and new funds available in stimulus package. Recommendations for reaching more people. Posted: 3/11/2009 Category: Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Georgia’s Allocation of Federal TANF Funds in FY 2010: A Continued Shift Georgia has 11 percent less available federal TANF funds for state fiscal year 2010 than it had in FY 2009. However, Georgia continues to direct the majority of TANF funds — in increasing amounts — to services related to child welfare while cutting TANF funds from state programs that directly satisfy its core purposes. Policymakers should re-examine TANF spending, placing greater focus on programs that work directly to satisfy TANF’s four purposes, such as promoting family self-sufficiency. Posted: 5/14/2009 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Summary of Federal Recovery Funds in Georgia This brief outlines where the $6 billion in federal stimulus funds are going in Georgia. GBPI will continue to examine where and how stimulus funds are used. Posted: 6/12/2009 Category: Budget, Taxes, Health, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Recovery Act Download Report    |    Email to a friend Page 1 of 2 Loading… Page 1 of 2 A Georgia Minimum Wage Increase Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Workers and Children An increase in the minimum wage would impact workers of all ages, race, gender and family composition. composition. Posted: 12/13/2006 Category: Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend DHS Budget Facts: Deep Cuts in the Frontline The governor’s proposed state budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 total $116.5 million, or 18.2 percent, of the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) budget. Posted: 2/23/2010 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend Fact Sheet: Governor's Proposed Budgets Cut Vital Eligibility Workers 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. Posted: 2/12/2010 Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend FY 2010 Budget for the Dept of Human Services and Dept of Behavior Health/Developmental Disabilities State lawmakers cut the FY 2010 general fund budget for the DHS by $112.3 million (18.1 percent) and the DBHDD by $118.6 million (14.7 percent). These severe cuts are lessened federal stimulus funds – $ 19.6 million for DHS and $65.1 million for DBHDD. DHS also uses $27.4 million in federal TANF funds to replace state funds. Posted: 6/29/2009 Category: Budget, Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Georgia's Declining Welfare Caseloads: Sign of Success or Failure? This report compares, by county, the decreasing TANF caseloads to the number of unemployed, Low-income Medicaid recipients, and Food Stamp recipients. Posted: 1/19/2007 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Georgia's Food Stamp Program: Feeding Georgians and Feeding the Economy This report provides comprehensive information about the federal Food Stamp Program and the critical support it provides to thousands of families. This report also examines the significant economic impact Food Stamps have on the state economy. Posted: 2/13/2007 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Georgia’s Allocation of Federal TANF Funds in FY 2010: A Continued Shift Georgia has 11 percent less available federal TANF funds for state fiscal year 2010 than it had in FY 2009. However, Georgia continues to direct the majority of TANF funds — in increasing amounts — to services related to child welfare while cutting TANF funds from state programs that directly satisfy its core purposes. Policymakers should re-examine TANF spending, placing greater focus on programs that work directly to satisfy TANF’s four purposes, such as promoting family self-sufficiency. Posted: 5/14/2009 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Highlights of the Governor's FY 2011 Department of Human Services Budget Proposals 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. Posted: 1/25/2010 Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Budget Proposal for the Dept. of Human Services The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget proposal cuts the Department of Human Services budget by an additional $11.4 million over the governor’s January proposal. DHS now faces a $33 million cut in state General Funds for FY 2011 compared to this year’s enacted budget. This is a 6.1 percent cut on top of several years of cuts to the department, which includes services for child abuse protection and the elderly. Posted: 4/16/2010 Category: Budget, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Download Report    |    Email to a friend Improving Access to Food Stamps in Georgia Posted: 1/3/2005 Category: Welfare and Food Stamps Download Report    |    Email to a friend Page 1 of 2 Loading…