DCFPI Welcomes New Senior Policy Associate for Housing, Mychal Cohen!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 20, 2024
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DCFPI Executive Director Erica Williams’ Statement on the 2024 Election Results
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 7, 2024
The ugliness, hate, and chaos will be hard for all of us committed to justice to operate in, but we are not alone, and we are not lost.
DCFPI Welcomes Connor Zielinski as Our Data Associate!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 18, 2024
Connor Zielinski joins the DC Fiscal Policy Institutes (DCFPI) as our new Data Associate. Connor will support DCFPI’s policy team with data analysis, fact checking, and supplementary research.
Two Years In, D.C.’s Tax Revision Commission Is Still Spinning Its Wheels. Will It Ever Have Answers?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 16, 2024
“I feel like, for the most part, we had a good process with a respectable outcome,” Erica Williams says. “It’s unfortunate it’s been undermined in this way.”
DC Council to hear emergency legislation that would boost pay for childcare workers
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 10, 2024
“We need to be protecting the Pay Equity Fund as if our economy depends on it, because it absolutely does,” Gunderson said.
DC Tax Revision Commission Chair Again Delays Final Vote on Recommendations
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 9, 2024
DC Tax Revision Commission Chair Anthony Williams again stopped a final vote on the commission’s current draft of policy recommendations, further delaying the conclusion of the group’s work that is already more than a year past deadline. “It’s very […]
DCFPI Welcomes Diana Chavez as our Early Childhood Education Intern!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 20, 2024
Diana Chavez Cruz joins the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) as our new policy intern, where she will support the organization’s research and advocacy on early education policies in DC.
New report exposes DC police using arrests and tickets to score revenue for the District
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 11, 2024
Michael Johnson, Jr. of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute joins Rattling the Bars to discuss this eye-opening report, “The Hidden Cost of Justice.”
By Investing $139 Million in DC’s Child Care Subsidy Program, the Local Economy Could Grow $1.7 Billion
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 6, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
D.C.’s plan to add 500 shelter beds by the end of 2028
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 31, 2024
“We’re at really high capacity, and that’s concerning because we likely will have another heat wave,” Kate Coventry, deputy director of legislative strategy for the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute and a voting member of ICH, said in an interview.