GIST

    Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce

An informal affinity group for grantmakers interested in poverty alleviation, income security and asset development

Recent Events

March 31-April 1, 2009 - 6th Annual Budget and Tax Briefing for Grantmakers

        Agenda
           Digital recordings of the sessions are available to interested grantmakers. For access to the recordings please email policy@gcyf.org.
           Speaker Presentations:
• William O'Hare, Funders Census Initiative presentation
• Timothy P. Olson, Assistant Division Chief, Field Division, U.S. Census Bureau presentation
• Algernon Austin, Director, Race, Ethnicity, and Economy Program, Economic Policy Institute presentation
• Josh Bivens, Economist, Economic Policy Institute presentation
• Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus presentation
• Ellen Bravo, Coordinator, Family Values @ Work: A Multi-State Consortium presentation
• Christine Owens, Executive Director, National Employment Law Project presentation
• John Schlitt, Project Director, Advancing Home Visiting Strategies for At-Risk Families, Pew Center on the States, The Pew Charitable Trusts presentation
• Anne DeBiasi, Director of Health Policy and Advocacy, Nemours presentation
• Ruth Mayden, Senior Program Officer, The Annie E. Casey Foundation presentation



           Speaker Handouts:


• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: State-By-State Estimates of Key Provisions Affecting Low-and Moderate- Income Individuals. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, updated March 3, 2009.
• Clinton Senate Bill (S. 3674), 110th Congress, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Wellness Trust.
• Freudenberg N, Ruglis J. Reframing School Dropout as a Public Health Issue. Prev Chronic Dis 2007;4(4).
• Halfon, N, DuPlessis, H, Inkelas, M. Transforming the U.S. Child Health System. Health Affairs, 26, no. 2 (2007): 315-330.
• Illinois Paid Leave Coalition. Women Employed, March 2009.
• Lambrew, J. A Wellness Trust to Prioritize Disease Prevention. The Hamilton Project and The Brookings Institution, April 2007.
• Paid Sick Day Post Card, Women Employed.
• Paid Sick Days Fact Sheet, Family Values @ Work: A Multi-State Consortium, March 2009.
• Paid Sick Days Fact Sheet, Women Employed.
• Principles for State Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Working Poor Families Project, March 2009.
• Resources on Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave. Prepared by Wadia, A. for GIST/GCYF 6th Annual Budget and Tax Briefing for Grantmakers, March 31 -April 1, 2009.
• Tax Fairness Education Project. Tax Fairness Coordinating Council.
• The New Domestic Agenda --A Turning Point for Our Economy, Government, and Working Families. Urban Institute, revised March 2009.
• Triple Aim -- Concept Design. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, January 2009.



December 2-3, 2008 - Post-Election Briefing for Grantmakers

        Agenda
           Meeting Summary
           Speaker Presentations:
• Jared Bernstein, Director, Living Standards Program, Economic Policy Institute presentation
• Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus presentation
• William Bentley, President and CEO, Voices for America’s Children presentation
• Jodie Levin-Epstein, Deputy Director, Center for Law and Social Policy presentation
• William Spriggs, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Howard University presentation

March 4, 2008 - Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit: Short-Term and Long-Term Possibilities
         Agenda
         Audio recording

March 3, 2008 - 5th Annual Budget Briefing for Grantmakers
         Agenda
         Speaker Presentations and Handouts:
• Sharon Parrott, Center of Budget and Policy Priorities presentation (coming soon)
• Jeff Blum, USAction video clip and handout
• Algernon Austin, Economic Policy Institute handout 1 handout 2 handout 3
• Rebecca Blank, Brookings Institution, presentation and paper
• Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities presentation and handout 1 handout 2
• David Madland, Center for American Progress presentation and handout

December 6-7, 2007- Briefing for Grantmakers
         Agenda
         Meeting Summary
         Speaker Presentations and Handouts:
• Eric Griego, New Mexico Voices for Children presentation
• Meg Bostrom, Public Knowledge presentation
• Guy Molyneux, Hart Research Associates presentation
• Matthew Nisbet, American University School of Communication presentation and handout
• Margy Waller, Inclusion handout

July 23-24, 2007 - Briefing for Grantmakers
         Agenda
         Speaker Presentations and Handouts:
• Opportunity NYC profile
• Matt Gardner, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy presentation
• Doug Racine, Vermont State Senator handout
• Phineas Baxandall, US PIRG presentation
• Scott McCown, Center for Public Priorities presentation


February 28-March 1, 2007 - 4th Annual Budget Briefing for Grantmakers

         Agenda        

         Meeting Summary

         Speaker Presentations:


• Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities presentation
• Bruce Lesley, FirstFocus presentation
• Nathan Newman, Progressive States Network presentation
• Ellen Bravo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee presentation
• Jodie Levin-Epstein and Mark Greenberg, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Center for American Progress presentation
• Sheila Zedlewski, Urban Institute presentation

November 29-30, 2006- The Implications of the 2006 Midterm Election Results: A Briefing for Grantmakers

          Agenda

          Meeting Summary

          Speaker Presentations:


• Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities presentation

 

July 26, 2006 - Briefing for Grantmakers

          Agenda

          Meeting Summary

          Speaker Presentations:    


•  Jennifer Noyes, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin presentation
• John Wallace, MDRC presentation

  

February 28-March 1, 2006 - 3rd Annual Budget Briefing for Grantmakers

Agenda

Meeting Summary

Speaker Presentations and Handouts:


• Bob Greenstein, Founder and Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities presentation
• Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs presentation
• Meizhu Lui, Executive Director, United for A Fair Economy presentation and handout
• Katherine McFate, The Ford Foundation and Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change presentation only available in hard copy by request to Katherine.
• Patrick Brasette, Associate Program Director for Public Works, Demos presentation
• Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners presentation


November 2, 2005 - Annual Policy Briefing for Grantmakers

Agenda

Meeting Summary

Speaker Presentations:


• Bob Greenstein, Founder and Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Robin McKinney, Director of Programs, East Harbor Community Development Corporation presentation
• Peter Orszag, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution presentation 
• Jeff Zinsmeyer, Executive Director, Doorway to Dreams (D2D) Fund
• Ray Boshara, Director of the Asset Building Program, New America Foundation handout 1  handout 2
• Margaret Clancy, Project Director, Center for Social Development, Washington University presentation


November 2, 2005 - Special Dinner on the Policy Implications of Hurricane Katrina

          Flyer

          Summary


September 28, 2005 - Conference Call on Taxpayer Bill of Rights: Measures to Limit State Expenditures

Flyer

Audio Recording of the Conference Call

Speakers:


• Maura Policelli, State Policy Coordinator, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• John Corlett, Senior Fellow and Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Center for Community Solutions
• Carol Hedges, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute
  
  

Background Materials:


• TABOR Threats 2006
• The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' TABOR website
• TABOR Video, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• TABOR: A Proven Failure, Power Point Presentation by Carol Hedges
• A State of Decline: What a TABOR Would Mean for Ohio, by David Bradley and Iris J. Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• TABOR: A Taxpayer Bill of Goods?, by John R. Corlett, Center for Community Solutions
• TABOR and Cuyahoga County: A Fiscal Impact Statement, by Shawn Brown and John R. Corlett, Center for Community Solutions
• TABOR cartoon
  
  

 

June 1, 2005 - Briefing for Grantmakers: Helping Low-Income Families Navigate Economic Risks

Agenda

Meeting Summary

Speaker Presentations:


• Bob Greenstein, Founder and Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Peter Gosselin, Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times.  Four-part series:
  • If America Is Richer, Why Are Families So Much Less Secure?
  • The Poor Have More Things Today -- Including Wild Income Swings
  • How Just a Handful of Setbacks Sent the Ryans Tumbling Out of Prosperity
  • Corporate America Pulling Back Pension Safety Net
• Eileen Appelbaum, Director of the Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University
• Tamara Draut, Director of the Economic Opportunity Program, Demos
• Jared Bernstein, Director of the Living Standards Program, Economic Policy Institute
• Vicky Lovell, Study Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research


February 16, 2005 - Emergency Briefing for Grantmakers: The 2006 Budget and Social Security Reform

Agenda

Meeting Summary

Speaker Presentations:


• Bob Greenstein, Founder and Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Eugene Steuerle, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute and Co-Director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
• Joan Entmacher, Vice President and Director of Family Economic Security, National Women’s Law Center
• Jason Furman, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Maya Rockeymoore, Vice President, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and Former Staff Member, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Insurance