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Georgia Budget Policy Institute Report (11/3/2009)--
Georgia has 14th highest poverty rate in the nation; and state plan calls for using less than two percent of the available TANF Emergency Fund.
Georgia Ranks 49 in America’s Youngest Outcasts:
State Report Card on Child Homelessness (released 2009)
"America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness" provides a comprehensive snapshot of our nation’s homeless children, both nationally and state-by-state. The report is a call to action. It offers policy and program solutions to this growing tragedy."
Please see the Short Report for additional information on Georgia's troubling status. (The Report Card is based on data collected during the 2005-2006 school year.)
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Faith And The City produces video, “In Search of a Living Wage: Faith in Georgia,” as part of a statewide campaign to inform members of various faith communities and their congregations of the business and moral arguments for a living wage for all working families in Georgia.
From the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute: "Georgia's overall poverty rate rose to 14.7 percent in 2008, well above its 2001 level of 11.7 percent during the last recession. Roughly one in 7 individuals lived in poverty in 2008. The state's poverty rate is 14th highest in the country, again reflecting Georgia's race to the bottom. Vulnerable groups such as children often are hit hardest during recessions. In Georgia, 20.1 percent, or one out of every five children were poor in 2008. Today's numbers remind us that poverty and the stagnation of the typical household income affected a large share of Georgia's individuals, families, and children even before the worst part of the recession hit." To learn more go to GBPI report.
GPBI report finds Georgia poverty rate remained high at 14.3 percent in 2007, compared to 11.7 percent in 2001 (October 2008).