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Blog
Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Takes Important Steps But in Many Ways Leaves Poorest Residents Behind
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 25, 2016 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Get Ready! The Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Is Coming on Thursday!
By Ed Lazere • March 23, 2016 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Will the Mayor’s 2017 Budget Take Steps to Ensure Immigrants Have Access to Health Insurance?
By Ed Lazere • March 22, 2016 • Health Equity
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on Bill 21-620 Homeward DC Omnibus Approval of Facilities Plan for Short-Term Housing for Persons Experiencing Homelessness Act of 2016, March 17, 2016
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 22, 2016 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
Who Pays the Price When Child Care Subsidies Are Too Low?
By Soumya Bhat • March 21, 2016 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Cutting TANF Would Increase Family Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • March 16, 2016 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Challenges to Providing Quality Child Care For DC’s Infants and Toddlers
By Soumya Bhat • March 10, 2016 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
Solid Footing: Reinforcing the Early Care and Education Economy for Infants and Toddlers in DC
By Soumya Bhat • March 10, 2016 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Claire Zippel, Housing Policy Associate, At the Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Housing and Community Development, March 4, 2016
By Claire Zippel • March 9, 2016 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
DC Should Strengthen Inclusionary Zoning to Create Housing Affordable to Those Who Need it Most
By Claire Zippel • March 9, 2016 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
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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