Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
District Officials Project that DC Will Lose $1.5 Billion Through FY 2021
By Eliana Golding, Alyssa Noth and Danielle Hamer • April 29, 2020 • COVID-19 / Revenue & Budget
Blog
DC Takes Steps to Ensure Residents Can Access Needed Benefits
By Kate Coventry • April 23, 2020 • COVID-19 / Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
COVID-19 Makes It Clear: Housing is Healthcare
By Kate Coventry • April 14, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / COVID-19 / Homelessness
Blog
More Support Urgently Needed for DC’s Excluded Workers
By Alyssa Noth • April 10, 2020 • COVID-19 / Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Blog
DC Council’s Second COVID-19 Bill Would Expand Important Supports and Protections but Falls Short of Comprehensive Relief
By Doni Crawford, Alyssa Noth, Tazra Mitchell, Qubilah Huddleston and Eliana Golding • April 7, 2020 • COVID-19
Blog
Lawmakers Should Fund Rental Payment Relief in Next COVID-19 Package
By Eliana Golding and Danielle Hamer • April 3, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / COVID-19
Blog
As Families Navigate the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, Education Officials Should Put Educational Equity at the Forefront of Their Ongoing Response
By Qubilah Huddleston • April 2, 2020 • COVID-19 / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
District Unemployment Insurance Claims Spike in the Wake of COVID-19
By Doni Crawford • March 31, 2020 • COVID-19 / Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Blog
Federal Aid Package Shortchanges DC, Forces District to Rely More Heavily on Reserves
By Tazra Mitchell • March 30, 2020 • COVID-19 / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
All Publications & Resources
Testimony
Testimony at the Performance Oversight Hearing on the District of Columbia Housing Authority
By Kate Coventry • January 27, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Letter to Mayor Bowser: Use Growing Revenues Address the Eviction Crisis
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 27, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston at the Public Hearing on “Schools First In Budgeting Amendment Act of 2021”
By Qubilah Huddleston • January 20, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony at the Agency Performance Oversight Hearing on the Department of Housing and Community Development on Transparency and Reporting
By Eliana Golding • January 19, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
In The News
Over 150 Pro-Democracy Groups To Schumer: "Do Not Wait Any Longer" to Change Senate Rules, Pass Voting Rights and Democracy Legislation
Common Dreams • January 6, 2022
Budget Toolkit
Early Childhood Investments Make Early Educator Compensation More Equitable and Stabilize the Child Care Sector
By Emily Gallo • December 22, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Danielle Hamer at the Early Childhood Educator Compensation Task Force Roundtable
By Heather Lavoie • December 17, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
City Leaders Must Invest Further to Ensure the Long-Term Stability of DC’s School-Based Behavioral Health Program
By Heather Lavoie • December 13, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Health Equity / Revenue & Budget
Budget Toolkit
DC Fails to Invest in Vital Health and Income Support Programs Despite Moment of Great Need
By Kate Coventry • December 9, 2021 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget
Press Release
Statement from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute on “Encampments Protection and Public Health and Safety Emergency Amendment Act of 2021.”
By Kate Coventry • December 6, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
