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Are Food Stamp Benefits Too Little?
Key Points Recent studies are raising concerns about whether the help provided by the Food Stamp program, now known as…
How Can You Measure Welfare Program Success? Part 2
When someone needs financial help or workforce training from the government, where do they go? If we just allowed people…
How Can You Measure Welfare Program Success? Part 1
When someone needs financial help or workforce training from the government, where do they go? If we just allowed people…
Health Care Waiver Approvals Are Good News
By Erik Randolph Amidst the noise of the presidential election, the mainstream news media missed a major announcement the prior…
The Best Administrative Structure for Welfare
When someone needs financial help or workforce training from the government, where do they go? If we just allowed people…
The Top 5 Recommendations to the Feds on Economic Mobility
If you had the opportunity to tell federal agencies what they need to do to help low-income people improve their…
Welfare Cliffs Exist—Concludes Team of Economists
Since 2016, the Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO) has demonstrated the existence of welfare cliffs. Now a team of five…
Reviewing Georgia’s DOE School Reopening Guidelines
The Georgia Department of Education (DOE) last week released guidance for local Boards of Education to consider as they develop…
Reopening Responsibly
Fully Reopening Georgia’s Economy Safely As stories continue to mount on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on individuals…
New Report: Increasing Employment Opportunities for Ex-Offenders
This week, Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO) published its first report on ways to improve reentry for ex-offenders in the…