Counting Our Homeless Neighbors While Envisioning a Future Without Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • January 27, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
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Remembering Our Neighbors Who Died While Homeless
By Kate Coventry • December 20, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
At least 81 residents died while experiencing homelessness in the District over the past year. This the highest recorded number ever. Last year, there were 54 recorded deaths.
What’s In the Approved Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for Interim Disability Assitance
By Kate Coventry • October 9, 2019 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
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.
What’s In the Approved Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for Homeless Services?
By Kate Coventry • October 8, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
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Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Hearing on the “Interagency Council on Behavioral Health Establishment Amendment Act of 2019”
By Kate Coventry • June 21, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness
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Update: What Changed in the FY 2020 DC Budget at Final Vote
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer, Ed Lazere and Amy Lieber • May 29, 2019 • Revenue & Budget
Yesterday, the DC Council had its second and final vote on the DC budget for FY 2020. The approved budget includes important investments for DC residents but fails to ensure that all residents have the resources they need to be successful in our growing city. […]
What You Need to Know About the FY 2020 DC Budget After First Vote
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer, Ed Lazere and Amy Lieber • May 15, 2019 • Revenue & Budget
Yesterday, the DC Council held its first vote on the budget for FY 2020. While the near-final FY 2020 budget includes a number of increases for programs that work towards a more equitable DC, notable gaps remain.
Significant Decrease in Chronic Homelessness Should Motivate the DC Council To Make Additional Investments
By Kate Coventry • May 10, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
The recently-released results of this past January’s Point in Time (PIT) count show that the investments the District has been making to house our most vulnerable residents are effective. The DC Council should make additional investments in housing and […]
Budget Markups: Many Steps in the Right Direction, But Larger Investments are Still Needed
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer and Ed Lazere • May 3, 2019 • Revenue & Budget
While the committee markups resulted in some important funding increases for programs that work towards a more equitable DC, notable gaps remain.
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Budget Oversight Hearing on the “Fiscal Year 2020 Local Budget Act of 2019,” “Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Portion Budget Request Act of 2019” and the “Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Act of 2019”
By Kate Coventry • April 26, 2019 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
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