Georgia Center for Opportunity, Author at For Opportunity

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GCO welcomes Jace Brooks as Director of the Gwinnett Workforce Initiative

As a member of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Jace had worked for years to bring together nonprofits with government resources in the human-services area. All of these efforts went into overdrive when the first case of COVID-19 arrived in Gwinnett County.

Georgia Center for OpportunityNovember 9, 20202 min read

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Welfare Cliffs and Gaps: The role health insurance plays in upward mobility

Cody and Estelle are a young married couple living in a suburban neighborhood. Cody has a full-time job and Estelle is a nanny so she can have their daughter with her at work. They make just enough money to pay the rent...

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 27, 20206 min read

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How Second Chances Impact Communities

Our communities need to understand and appreciate Kevin and others like him. We must begin to see past our biases and speak life into those who have fallen. The poverty of community is just as important (if not more important) than economic poverty, and the butterfly effect I am describing is always at play either in a positive or in a negative way.

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 13, 20204 min read

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Equitable Options In Education

Since 2016, the Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO) has demonstrated the existence of welfare cliffs. Now a team of five economists has come to the same conclusion. Welfare cliffs are an unfortunate feature of the American welfare system.

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 7, 20205 min read

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If You Accept this Raise, You Fall Off the Welfare Cliff

Getting a raise from $15 to $18 could cost you over $20,000 in net income. Would you work hard for that promotion?

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 1, 20205 min read

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Microschools, hybrid options, and online classes: Education during COVID and beyond

On the afternoon of Monday, July 20—just a few weeks before schools would normally be opening—the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta announced that their schools would in fact all be opening for live classes in August. The Superintendent’s statement suggests...

Georgia Center for OpportunityAugust 4, 20204 min read

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