Visualizing the DC Police Budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 3, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Committee Leaves DC Police Budget Largely Untouched But Advances Police-Free Schools
By Eliana Golding, Qubilah Huddleston and Danielle Hamer • July 8, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
During last week’s budget mark-up session, the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety bolstered violence interruption programs and took steps toward removing police from schools; however, they missed an opportunity to divest significantly from policing.
Testimony of Doni Crawford for the Judiciary and Public Safety Hearing on the Record Expungement Simplification to Offer Relief and Equity Amendment Act of 2021
By Doni Crawford • April 15, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
DCFPI strongly supports a more simplified DC expungement process, an expansion of expungement-eligible offenses, and automatic expungement for decriminalized offenses, as envisioned in the Record Expungement Simplification to Offer Relief and Equity (RESTORE) […]
DC task force recommends major investments in affordable housing to prevent crime
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 12, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
A lack of housing for returning citizens has directly contributed to D.C.’s homeless population. In 2019, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute found that 57% of people experiencing homelessness in the District were previously incarcerated.
Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston at the DC Public Schools Public Budget Hearing for Fiscal Year 22 (School Year 21-22)
By Qubilah Huddleston • November 23, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston, Education Policy Analyst at the Hearing on the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2020 Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety
By Qubilah Huddleston • October 15, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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What’s in the FY 2021 Police and Public Safety Budget?
By Eliana Golding • October 8, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
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DC Students Deserve Empathy and Greater Mental Health Support, Not Policing and Punishment
By Qubilah Huddleston and Alyssa Noth • June 24, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Health Equity / Revenue & Budget
The Metropolitan Police Department’s largest contract funds a police presence in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). This money could be better spent on student mental health.
Testimony of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Budget Hearing of the Metropolitan Police Department
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 15, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
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How Divesting from the Police Can Strengthen the District
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Eliana Golding, Danielle Hamer, Qubilah Huddleston and Alyssa Noth • June 12, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
Every year, police shoot and kill nearly 1,000 people in the US—a disproportionate share of them are Black. It is past time to analyze how public dollars contribute to this racist violence, starting with our city’s budget.
