Research conducted in June by the DCFPI found that the $200 million request is less than half of what’s needed for excluded workers to match the average unemployment benefits received by other workers through the first year of the pandemic.
Last week, DC Council committees voted on changes—or “mark-ups”—to the Mayor’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and supplemental FY 2021 budgets. While the mark-ups resulted in some funding increases for vital education, housing, and other programs, […]
A coalition of DC’s mostly Black and brown excluded workers are calling upon the DC Council to invest $200 million in cash assistance for excluded workers to help them afford basic needs such as medicine, transportation, childcare, and debt incurred […]
My written testimony includes recommendations on the eviction moratorium, STAY DC, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Interim Disability Assistance, homelessness, and American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding.
“Child poverty in America is really a national disgrace,” Tazra Mitchell is a policy advisor with the D.C. Fiscal Institute said.
15,000 workers in D.C. currently receive or are seeking PUA according to Doni Crawford, a policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.
Kate Coventry, a senior policy analyst for DCFPI, offered suggestions on how the Biden administration can address the wide gaps between the wealthy and the working-class in the District.
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The fiscal year (FY) 2021 DC budget should advance economic policies that ensure everyone has the chance to fulfill their potential regardless of the ward they live in, the color of their skin, or the size of their bank account.
The total budget for IDA is $3.3 million, a decrease of just over $1 million from FY 2019. It also is well below the peak budget of $10.9 million in FY 2009.
