Chicago - Circa April 2022: SNAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.

The state agency in charge of overseeing Medicaid and food assistance programs plans to address an ongoing backlog of applications for these social services.

The Barrow County Board of Education is considering raising property tax rates to pay for school resource officers.

Federal cuts to the Job Corps program are impacting several communities across Georgia including at-risk youth in Atlanta.