Welcome to the DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s Budget Toolkit for FY 2012. The Budget Toolkit is intended to help you make sense of the FY 2012 budget and give you resources to help you get involved. The Toolkit includes analyses of key budget and tax issues from DCFPI, links to key budget documents and the schedule of DC Council budget hearings, and a spreadsheet showing year-to-year funding changes for DC agencies.

	DCFPI Analysis of the FY 2012 Budget Overall Summary of FY2012 Budget FY 2012 Budget for Key Issue Areas: education, employment/training, energy assistance, health, homeless services, housing, Interim Disability Assistance (IDA), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), taxes What Has Happened During the Recession to funding for: cash assistance, DC Public Library, Department of Public Works (DPW), disability services, housing
	Budget Timeline & Key Event Budget Timeline Budget Hearings
	Key DC Government Budget Documents Mayor’s Proposed Budget Council Reports & Amended Budget – coming soon Performance Plans Revenue Forecast
	DCFPI’s Budget Spreadsheet This downloadable Excel spreadsheet includes information on local funding for all DC agencies from FY 2000 to FY 2012.