Accomplishments

Collectively, GIST members have provided the vast majority of non-governmental support for the nation's efforts to reform welfare and income security policy over the last decade. Through collaborative funding efforts, GIST has helped launch:

• Economic Security Clearinghouse, formerly known as the Welfare Information Project, The Finance Project;
• State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI) Network;
• Assessing the New Federalism project at the Urban Institute;
• Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution; and
• Welfare Reform and Beyond project at the Brookings Institution.