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ATLANTA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute issued a statement in response to the Senate passage of the Mental Health Parity Act or House Bill 1013. Lawmakers have restored more robust parity language to HB 1013 which ensures greater payment for behavioral health services. However, the bill does not include sufficient support for culturally and linguistically appropriate services that would expand access to behavioral health services to immigrant Georgians.

Georgia's FY 2022 education budget sends $10.2 billion to K-12 public schools, maintaining a budget cut of $383 million. The state budget for K-12 public schools is $10.7 billion in FY 2023.

Parents who are in school also qualify, as well as families of children with disabilities, those experiencing domestic violence, unhoused families and more.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

On April 23, UC Berkeley will be hosting an in-person Cal Day. The day packed with events will be held for newly admitted students and their families.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Yolandria Baynes was in college studying social work when her...

Kicklighter Academy and Matthew Reardon are the only 2 inclusion schools in most of Southeast GA highlighting regions scarcity for autism services.

Childcare centers in the Savannah-Chatham area have improved in quality over the past few years, but local services still have gaps.

The Governor is requesting very small increases in select programs administered by the Department of Human Services (DHS). The request amends the current fiscal year (FY 2021) spending plan by providing a .5 percent bump in spending, and for the next fiscal year (FY 2022) increases funds one percent.