Video: How DC Can Become the First Major City to End Chronic Homelessness
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 28, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
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More Teachers Will See Pay Increase with DC’s Temporary Grant Change for Child Care Centers
By Anne Gunderson • September 18, 2023 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Income & Poverty
More early educators, most of whom are Black and brown, are poised to see salary increases under a change to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund (PEF) that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) announced last week.
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 […]
State Tax Levels Have Little Effect on Where People Choose to Live
By Nikki Metzgar • August 21, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
While the myth that increased taxes will drive mass flight of high-earning residents from a state has survived on cherry-picked anecdotes, researchers have disproved this claim many times over.
DC’s Extreme Black-White Unemployment Gap is Worst in the Nation
By Caitlin C. Schnur and Erica Williams • July 26, 2023 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
Everyone who wants to work should be able to find a job. While DC’s average unemployment of 4.6 percent in 2022 is down from 7.9 percent in 2020, the peak during the pandemic, the average unemployment rate masks extreme racial inequity.
DCFPI Welcomes Erika Roberson as Our New Policy Analyst
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 19, 2023
Erika will lead the DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s research and advocacy on education policy, aimed at eliminating racial and income inequities in student experiences and outcomes.
DCFPI Welcomes Anne Gunderson as Our New Senior Policy Analyst
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 18, 2023
Anne’s focus is on bolstering the District’s early childhood system by conducting research and providing expertise on advocacy and workforce issues facing the field.
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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