Ed Lazere Stepping Down as Executive Director of DC Fiscal Policy Institute
By Gail Zuagar • March 17, 2020
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) announced today that Ed Lazere is stepping down as Executive Director, effective immediately.
District’s Lowest-Income Families Could Save $10,000 Each Year, if DC Reduces Housing Costs
By Gail Zuagar • March 12, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
The District’s lowest-income families who currently pay more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities each month could have an extra $10,000 in their pockets each year if DC creates more affordable housing.
Statement: DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) Seeks Improvements to Councilmember Charles Allen’s “Metro for DC” Proposal
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 6, 2020 • Income & Poverty
DC Councilmember Charles Allen’s proposal to give most adult residents a $100 monthly transit subsidy and add new bus lines in neighborhoods that need them the most would go a long way—but the bill has serious flaws.
In DC, Residents Returning Home from Prison Make Up One-Third of City’s Individuals Experiencing Homelessness; Incarceration Cited as the Cause
By Gail Zuagar • February 27, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
A new study has found that DC’s returning citizens—those recently released from incarceration—make up one-third of the city’s individuals experiencing homelessness.
Media Advisory: DC Fiscal Policy Institute Hosts Briefing on Funding Equity in DC Schools
By Gail Zuagar • February 25, 2020
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STATEMENT: DC Fiscal Policy Institute Applauds Mayor’s Increase in School Funding
By Gail Zuagar • February 3, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Press statement from DCFPI on the Mayor’s announcement to increase the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula.
Black DC Workers Face Deep Inequities a Decade into an Economic Recovery
By Gail Zuagar • January 28, 2020 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Despite 10 years of a booming DC economy, unemployment among Black DC residents remains higher than before the recession, and Black incomes have failed to grow, according to a new report.
District’s School Budgeting Practices Leave Black and Brown Students with Less
By Gail Zuagar • December 17, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
A new report from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) reveals that the budgeting tool DC uses to project rising costs fails to take into account current services funding levels, and recently began omitting education altogether.
New Report Challenges DCPS Funding Choices
By Gail Zuagar • December 10, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
A new report released today by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) finds that choices made by DCPS over how to allocate funds to its schools end up reinforcing, rather than reducing, inequities by geography, race, and income. The report, “The Funding […]
New Study Reveals $740 Million DC School Funding Shortfall Over Seven Years
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • December 2, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
A new report released today by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute uncovers a $740 million gap over the last seven years between actual funding for DC’s public and public charter schools and the level that would be considered minimally adequate.