DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Baby Bonds Program
By Caitlin Schnur • April 19, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
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DC Made Progress on Poverty Thanks to Public Investment in Residents
By Caitlin C. Schnur and Erica Williams • September 15, 2023 • Income & Poverty
Poverty in DC declined in 2022 to 13.3 percent from 16.5 percent the year prior, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). This improvement likely reflects a combination of factors including the overall decline in […]
What’s in the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 26, 2023 • Revenue & Budget
Despite DC Council’s approved fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget investments in key programs, it doesn’t go far enough to meaningfully address stark racial and economic inequities.
On Juneteenth (and Every Day) the Struggle for Black Freedom Continues
By Erica Williams • June 19, 2023 • Inclusive Economy
As we observe Juneteenth, DC and the country should (re)commit to repairing the harms of our past and its compounding negative effects in our current day.
Council Must Make Changes to Reparations Bill to Better Fulfill Aim of Repairing Past Harms
By Erica Williams • June 15, 2023 • Inclusive Economy
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Council Must Make Changes to FY24 Budget Proposal to Support an Inclusive Economy
By Erica Williams • April 12, 2023 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
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The District Moves Toward a More Inclusive Economy for Black Workers, Communities, and Businessowners
By Doni Crawford • October 18, 2021 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training / Revenue & Budget
Historic wealth deprivation and imposed inequality has left Black businessowners with unequal access to the capital needed to withstand the pandemic, leading to higher rates of Black business closure. This toolkit analyzes District investments with a […]
Black homeownership in Wards 7 and 8 has been on the rise. Will it stay that way?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 8, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Eliana Golding, DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s affordable housing and workforce development policy analyst, sees subsidies as one way to promote affordable housing, but she disagrees with how the District has put subsidies into place.
DC Councilmember proposes trust fund program for babies born to low income families
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 5, 2021 • Income & Poverty
McDuffie contends the District government-sponsored trust funds could solve the District’s growing racial wealth gap. In which white families have 81 times the wealth of black families according to the DC Fiscal Policy institute.
New Report: First in Line
By Doni Crawford • February 16, 2021 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
This Black History Month, and every day of the year, we are reflecting on the ways in which public policy can be used as a reparative tool for Black people and Black communities in DC.
