The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities hosted its annual state policy conference, IMPACT 2017: Building Power, Advancing Equity. The conference brought together members of the State Priorities Partnership (SPP), a network of independent, nonprofit research and policy organizations representing more than 40 states, and others interested in state policy. Budget Center staff presented for these sessions:
Senior Policy Analyst Sara Kimberlin: EITC Workshop: May the (EITC) Force Be With You
Senior Policy Analyst Kristin Schumacher and Director of Strategic Communications Steven Bliss: Taking an Intersectional Lens to Our Work: Gender, Race, and Economic Security (featuring the Budget Center’s California Women’s Well-Being Index).
Executive Director Chris Hoene: Taking a Page Out of a Better Book: How to Make the Case for Public Investment over Tax Cuts