Workers Report New Problems Claiming Unemployment In DC
Patch • February 1, 2021 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training / TANF & Income Support
December relief bill keeps D.C. afloat, but the District and its workers look towards a Biden stimulus package
Street Sense Media • January 29, 2021 • COVID-19 / Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
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.
Workers report new problems claiming unemployment in the District
Street Sense Media • January 28, 2021 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
According to Doni Crawford, a policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, 41,000 people in the District are still seeking or receiving some kind of unemployment benefits.
D.C. Residents Want Biden’s Support to Battle City Woes
The Washington Informer • January 27, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Income & Poverty
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.
Coronavirus Exposes ‘People That We Missed’ Amid Homelessness Crisis
Patch • January 5, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
The coronavirus pandemic took resources away from unsheltered people this year, making action from lawmakers even more necessary, the activists said.
Advocates: DC Can Find Money For Businesses But Not For The Poor
Patch • December 23, 2020 • Income & Poverty
The response to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s latest COVID-19 economic relief program has been mixed, as anti-poverty advocates question whether the money is going to the right places.
D.C. Council OKs Bill to Ease Barriers for Job Seekers with Criminal Records
The Washington Informer • December 21, 2020 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
The D.C. Council has given a thumbs-up to a bill aimed at lowering barriers for finding work for residents with criminal records.
Montgomery County could “ban the box” for rental housing applications
Greater Greater Washington • December 16, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
The DC Fiscal Policy Institute found that three in five people experiencing homelessness in DC were previously incarcerated, and many of those people connect their homelessness to previous incarceration.
Anti-discrimination law to protect people experiencing homelessness dies in Council, again
Street Sense Media • December 16, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Kate Coventry, a senior policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, testified in favor of the bill, arguing that D.C. residents who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness also experience discrimination at high rates. “This legislation […]
Local Artists And Activists Create A Visual Album To ‘Radically Reimagine’ Policing
DCist • December 10, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
“In 2019, 92 percent of school-based arrests in D.C. were Black students, according to D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.”