Without Replacement Funds for Expiring Pandemic Dollars, Schools Face Instability
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“It’s totally unfair to have locally owned businesses footing the bill for a bunch of other businesses just because their owners live outside of the District,” says Erica Williams, executive director of the left-leaning D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and a […]
DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) Chief Policy and Strategy Officer Tazra Mitchell fears the mayor’s budget will have cuts to social services, citing slow-growing revenues that won’t be enough to sustain current investments.
Erica Williams, executive director of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, said in a statement the $1 million donation her nonprofit received “will bolster our ability to make critical organizational investments and pursue transformative change for D.C. […]
Tazra Mitchell, chief policy and strategy officer at the left-leaning D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, suggests the Council could even include language in the budget legislation making this point explicitly clear to strengthen its position.
Tazra Mitchell, the chief policy and strategy officer for the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, argued that money could be used elsewhere, including increasing the rental assistance budget and funding other social services. Mitchell said that, as it stands, […]
Every dollar that DC must use to replenish the reserve earlier than what is legally required is one lawmakers don’t have to help residents afford rent and put food on the table.
DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) is elated to be one of the recipients of a $1,000,000 gift from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Open Call that awarded organizations working with people and in placed experiencing the greatest need in the United States.
“Every dollar that is rushed to fill the reserves is one fewer dollar available to address our residents’ unmet needs,” says Tazra Mitchell, chief policy and strategy officer at the left-leaning D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and a longtime critic of the […]
Labor market inequities among young adults have negative ripple effects, holding back their economic security and DC’s economy.