The DC budget should reflect our priorities and values as a city.
Each year, the DC budget reflects important decisions over how to best meet the city’s needs: schools, transportation, housing, health care, and job training, to name a few. DCFPI works to ensure that the city’s resources are used as effectively as possible for the things that are most important to residents, particularly services that expand economic opportunity for low-income residents. DCFPI is the leading independent source of information on the DC budget, and we strive to make the budget process easy to understand, so that everyone can participate in conversations about how to make it work for all residents.
Featured Publications & Resources
Report
Early Childhood Education: Give All of DC’s Children a Strong Start, and Strengthen the Early Childhood Educator Workforce
By Qubilah Huddleston • February 5, 2020 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Here’s What You Need to Know About DC’s FY 2021 Budget Season
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 30, 2020 • Budget
Blog
A Path to Better Budgeting: Move Tax Policy Responsibilities to the Committee of the Whole
By Tazra Mitchell • January 24, 2020 • Budget
Report
Budgeting for Equity: How to Advance Opportunity for People of Color in DC
By Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer, Ed Lazere, Amy Lieber and Ronald Mak • April 24, 2019 • Budget
Budget Toolkit
Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Toolkit
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 11, 2019 • Budget
Fact Sheets
From Potholes to Public Schools: How the DC Budget Gets Set
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 29, 2019 • Budget
Blog
Here’s What You Need to Know About DC’s FY 2020 Budget Season
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 23, 2019 • Budget
Report
Revenue: Where DC Gets Its Money
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 9, 2017 • Budget / Taxes