Policy Priorities

  • Prioritizing Education in Georgia: Georgia must prioritize the next generation and empower parents to select the best education options for their children, expand school choice, address learning loss, and promote early literacy.

  • Sustaining Georgia’s Values: Policies that improve adoption services, reform the state foster care system, and enhance mental health and addiction programs are critical to support Georgians who are in need of a helping hand.

  • Making Georgia’s Streets Safe: Georgia can keep its people safe by continuing to fully fund law enforcement and focusing on real solutions to crime, along with investing in prevention, mental health, and rehabilitation services.

  • Increasing Opportunities for Georgians: Georgia can build on its economic success by advancing tax cuts for all Georgians and promoting policies that make it easier for all businesses, large and small, to operate in the state.

  • Strengthening Rural Georgia: Policymakers must focus on all of Georgia, from the urban and suburban areas to small towns and rural communities, and advance policies that promote economic growth and opportunity for all Georgians.

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From the rolling hills of the Chattahoochee National Forest to the pristine shores of the barrier islands, Georgia pairs breathtaking natural beauty with a deep history. The citizens of Georgia embody the resilient spirit on which our nation was founded— including the values of hard work, individual liberty, and an entrepreneurial spirit.  

This state has a deep-rooted appreciation for the principles that form the bedrock of our nation, as envisioned by the founders. It also serves as a model for how to learn from the issues of the past and build a stronger state for the future.  

Georgia is one of those rare places that has all the ingredients for success: the ability to share our products with the world through the Port of Savannah, the headquarters of some of the largest companies in the country, the busiest airport in the world, national tourism appeal, and widespread agricultural production. Too often, the focus has been on our differences. By uniting towards a common goal of a stronger Georgia, we can continue to build upon the strengths that this great state offers.  

The America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit, non-partisan research institute that is working to shift the focus to what works in our country, has founded a new state chapter in Georgia. Building on AFPI’s America First Agenda, AFPI-Georgia is able to harness the state’s many assets to ensure that Georgia is working for all Georgians. 

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Rebecca Yardley

Executive Director, America First Georgia & Digital State Action Coordinator, Project Coordinator and Assistant to the Vice Chairman of American Values

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News Release | January 30, 2026

AFPI Governors’ Council Applauds Secretaries McMahon and Bessent for Expanding Education Freedom

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Governors’ Council is proud to opt in to the federal education freedom tax credit scholarship. Yesterday, the council sent a letter of appreciation to Secretaries McMahon and Bessent for their support of this groundbreaking program.
News | January 28, 2026

AFPI Commends DOJ, FBI for Enforcing Election Integrity in Georgia 

Georgians deserve elections they can trust. AFPI’s rigorous review of record-retention practices after 2020 exposed a serious nationwide failure: too many counties failed to keep the basic documents required by law, undermining transparency and making it impossible to truly verify results.

Statement | January 20, 2026

AFPI Statement on Governor Kemp’s Education Tax Credit Announcement

Washington, D.C.—Today, Rebecca Yardley, Executive Director of America First Georgia at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), issued the following statement about Governor Brian Kemp announcing Georgia’s participation in the new federal tax credit scholarship program created by the One Big Beautiful Bill: “The America First Policy Institute applauds Governor Brian Kemp for opting Georgia into the historic federal education tax credit created by the One Big Beautiful Bill. This first-of-its-kind federal program empowers families, encourages private investment in education, and expands opportunity for students, especially those who need it most.
Statement | January 7, 2026

AFPI Statement on Second Georgia Lawmaker Charged with Pandemic Unemployment Fraud

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Rebecca Yardley, Georgia Director at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), issued the following statement regarding federal charges against former Georgia State Representative Karen Bennett for allegedly obtaining unemployment benefits fraudulently during the COVID-19 pandemic: "The case of Karen Bennett marks the second instance of a Georgia state lawmaker being charged with abuse of unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic in less than two months. These allegations are deeply troubling and a slap in the face to the taxpayers of Georgia.

Statement | December 8, 2025

AFPI Statement on Georgia Lawmaker Charged with Pandemic Unemployment Fraud

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