Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
The Mayor Should Invest in Programs that Boost Incomes and Health
By Kate Coventry • March 26, 2021 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
The Mayor Should Invest in Ending Homelessness Among Youth
By Kate Coventry • March 18, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Failure to Invest in Critical Housing Needs is a Failure to Address a Deeply Racialized Public Health Crisis
By Doni Crawford and Eliana Golding • March 12, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Tazra Mitchell at the Performance Oversight Hearing for the Office of Chief Financial Officer DC Council Committee on Economic and Business Economic Development
By Tazra Mitchell • March 10, 2021 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
Blog
The Mayor Should Invest in Ending Chronic Homelessness and Other Life-Saving Programs
By Kate Coventry • March 9, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston at the Performance Oversight Hearing for the DC Government Education Agencies DC Council Committee of the Whole
By Qubilah Huddleston • March 9, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Report
Tax Injustice: DC’s Richest Residents Pay Lower Taxes than Everyone Else
By Tazra Mitchell and Danielle Hamer • March 5, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Health Care Finance, and the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services DC Council Committee on Health
By Kate Coventry • March 4, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness
Blog
DC’s Financial Challenges Remain, Even As its Budget Deficit Shrinks
By Tazra Mitchell • March 3, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services, DC Council Committee on Human Services
By Kate Coventry • March 1, 2021 • Health Equity
All Publications & Resources
Press Release
George Jones Named Chair of DCFPI’s Board of Directors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 25, 2024
Report
Hidden Price of Justice: Fines and Fees in DC’s Criminal Legal System
By Michael Johnson Jr. • June 25, 2024 • Inclusive Economy
Testimony
Council Should Pass the Clean Hands Economic Expansion Act to Achieve More Progress Toward Equity
By Michael Johnson Jr. • June 20, 2024 • Inclusive Economy
In The News
D.C.’s 2025 Budget Is the Worst on Housing Issues in a Decade, Advocates Say. What Happens Now?
Washington City Paper • June 14, 2024
Press Release
Vulnerable Residents Will Pay the Price for Failure to Fully Fund Housing Needs
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 13, 2024
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Dana Hock as Our New Grants Administrative Associate
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 11, 2024
Blog
DC Council Makes Progress but Fails to Raise Adequate Revenue for Critical Programs at First Budget Vote
By Erica Williams • May 31, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
D.C. Experimented With Giving Childcare Workers Big Raises. The Project May Not Last.
Ms. Magazine • May 30, 2024
Fact Sheets
DC Can Boost Income to Tackle Child Poverty
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 23, 2024 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Pay Equity Fund, Early Learning Programs
By Anne Gunderson • May 16, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget