Publications & Research Archives
Fact Sheet: Basics of Georgia Pre-K
What is Georgia’s Pre-K?
Educational program for 4-year-old children funded by the Georgia Lottery.
Launched in 1992 as a means-tested program (i.e, available to those families below a designated income level); became universal and available to all families in 1995.
Implemented in approved...
Fact Sheet: Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grants
Voices for Georgia’s Children believes that by making investments in children early, we improve their chances for later academic success. Our birth to five policy agenda focuses on laying a strong foundation for safe, healthy, and educated children. The Race to the Top – Early Learning...
Fact Sheet: Navigators – A Vital Element in Developing Georgia’s Healthcare Exchange
A key component of the new health law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), is for the creation of navigators to facilitate the enrollment of individuals and small businesses in health coverage through the health insurance marketplace, or exchange, whether under Medicaid, PeachCare...
Medicaid & PeachCare for Kids Eligibility & Enrollment Handouts
We know nothing is more important to you than your child’s healthy development. Download these handouts – available in both English and Spanish – to help you and/or others better understand Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids eligibility and enrollment.
Download Brochure: Medicaid...
Fact Sheet: States that Exempt Faith-Based Providers from Childcare Licensing
During the 2011 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly, Senate Bill 152 was introduced proposing exemptions of faith-based providers from certain aspects of Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning child care licensing requirements. In an effort to educate child care advocates...
Fact Sheet: Moving Toward More Family-Friendly Enrollment & Retention Practices for Georgia
Current State of Uninsured Children in GA
300,000 children are uninsured in Georgia. Of this number, 193,000 children are eligible to be enrolled in either Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids®, our state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). There are ways, however, for Georgia policy...
Fact Sheet: Head Start & Georgia Pre-K
Head Start and Georgia Pre-K meet the early education needs of thousands of Georgia’s children. This fact sheet is designed to provide information about the basic operations of Head Start and Georgia Pre-K and to promote continuing collaboration between the two programs.
Head Start is a federal...
Fact Sheet: A Quick Look at Childcare Subsidies in Georgia
In response to revenue estimates for the Georgia Lottery, Governor Deal is proposing to reduce Georgia’s pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) program day from 6.5 hours to 4 hours per day, leaving many families in need of extended day care while parents work or attend school. Past budgets of Georgia Pre-K...
Southern Education Foundation Issue Brief: Half-Day vs. Full-Day Pre-K Programs
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s proposal to bring the cost of lottery-funded programs in line with the Georgia Lottery’s annual revenues would transform Georgia Pre-K from a full-day to a half-day program. But, the change is not as simple as it sounds. No other mature, statewide program...
Southern Education Foundation Update: The Promise of Georgia Pre-K
Georgia Pre‐kindergarten (Pre‐K) is the one of the nation’s oldest state programs for preschool learning and the first funded by lottery revenues. In 1995, Governor Zell Miller and the Georgia General Assembly re‐established Georgia Pre‐K as a universal program available to any and all...
