George A. Jones Joins the DCFPI Board of Directors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 11, 2022
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Mayor’s Budget Proposal Will Help Meet Residents’ Urgent Needs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 16, 2022 • Revenue & Budget
Today, the Mayor released a piece of her fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed budget, offering a window into her priorities for the coming fiscal year. While we await the rest of the budget documents, DC Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director, Erica Williams, […]
Revised Revenue Estimates Show DC Can Do More to Support Struggling Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 2, 2022 • Revenue & Budget
DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) urges Mayor Bowser to keep the promises that District leaders made last year to residents struggling the most and leverage DC’s growing revenue to build on our progress toward a just recovery in her upcoming FY 2022 […]
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute on “Encampments Protection and Public Health and Safety Emergency Amendment Act of 2021.”
By Kate Coventry • December 6, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
DCFPI calls on the Council to support the “Encampments Protection and Public Health and Safety Emergency Amendment Act of 2021” to halt clearings through hypothermia season while allowing the District to continue housing people staying in encampments.
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute: Budget is Progress Towards Racial and Economic Justice
By Tazra Mitchell • August 10, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
This year’s budget is one of the most important in DC history. DCFPI praises the Mayor and DC Council for seizing this unprecedented opportunity and making bold investments to address the ongoing suffering caused by the pandemic, which is disproportionately […]
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute: DC Council’s Budget Takes Big Step in Ensuring a Just Recovery and Future
By Erica Williams • July 21, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
In its first budget vote yesterday, the DC Council met the urgency of the moment by raising taxes on DC’s wealthiest to make ongoing, transformative investments in child care, homelessness prevention, and working residents.
80 Percent of DC Voters Support Raising Local Taxes on High-Income Residents to Sustain DC’s Economic Recovery, with Strong Support for Investments in Child Care and Housing
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 22, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Eighty percent of DC voters support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000 a year to support the District’s long-term economic recovery, a new poll from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and DC Action shows.
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Receives $100,000 Challenge Grant from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 14, 2021
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) is the grateful recipient of a $100,000 Challenge Grant from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and made possible with support from the Sandler Family Foundation.
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute: Mayor Bowser’s Budget Takes Major Steps Forward but Misses Key Needs
By Erica Williams • May 27, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
This year’s budget is a historic opportunity to repair the damage done by the COVID-19 crisis and to ‘build back better,’ especially for Black and brown residents, who have borne the brunt of the harm.
Statement from Qubilah Huddleston, DCFPI Education Policy Analyst, on the Passing of WTU President Elizabeth Davis
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 5, 2021
This is a tragic loss, and the aftershocks will continue to be felt by all of us who advocate for and serve the District’s students and families.
