The DC Fiscal Policy Institute is thrilled to have been honored this month as the recipient of the Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council’s 2010 Chairman’s Award.
(Eugene Kinlow, Chairman of the Collaboratives, Ed Lazere, Executive Director of DCFPI, and BB Otero, CEO of CentroNia, at the Award Ceremony)
The Collaborative Council provides support to six Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaboratives that operate across DC to help children and families “in communities facing intergenerational economic, social and safety challenges.”
BB Otero, the CEO of CentroNia and a board member of the Collaboratives Council, had many kind things to say about the DC Fiscal Policy Institute as she announced the award at the Collaborative Council’s annual dinner on June 14. She said that DCFPI”¦
“”¦is an amazing champion for our most vulnerable residents. Whether it’s work relating to unemployment, poverty, tax policy or housing, DCFPI understands the impact that public policy has on our community.”
“In a time of fractured politics, Ed Lazere and his team at DCFPI have high credibility with all with whom they work. The Mayor and his staff, the Chief Financial Officer, Agency staff and staff and members of the City Council all look upon DCFPI’s work as honest and fair. DCFPI is a valuable resource to the advocacy community”¦”
We at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute are touched by this praise. We work hard every day to conduct “research that matters for the District of Columbia.” Our goal is to analyze the DC budget and policy decisions to make sure that the needs of low-income DC residents are considered in these debates. When a group that works directly to assist DC’s neediest families finds our work helpful, this is a great sign that we are on the right track.
Thanks so much to the Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council for this award.
