Featured Publications & Resources
Testimony
Testimony on the Schools First In Budgeting Amendment Act of 2021
By Qubilah Huddleston • September 16, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
DC Makes Bold Progress on Fair Pay for Early Educators
By Danielle Hamer and Tazra Mitchell • August 16, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony at the DC Council Committee of the Whole Budget Oversight Hearing on School-Based Behavioral Health
By Qubilah Huddleston • April 8, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Hearing for DC Public Schools
By Qubilah Huddleston • March 28, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Hearing for the Office of the State Superintendent
By Danielle Hamer • March 28, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Hearing for the Department of Behavioral Health
By Qubilah Huddleston • March 21, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
New DC Public Schools Budget Model Makes Progress Towards More Transparency and Flexibility, but Falls Short on Addressing Structural Funding Inadequacy and Inequity
By Qubilah Huddleston and Michael Johnson Jr. • March 14, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony at the Performance Oversight Hearing for of the DC Education Agencies on Improving Transparency of the DCPS Enrollment Reserve
By Michael Johnson Jr. • March 2, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony at the Performance Oversight Hearing of the DC Education Agencies on Early Childhood Educator Compensation
By Danielle Hamer • March 2, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony at the Performance Oversight Hearing of the DC Education Agencies on School Budgeting and Transparency
By Qubilah Huddleston • March 2, 2022 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
All Publications & Resources
Press Release
Leaders of Direct Service, Anti-Poverty Organizations in Letter to DC Council: “We are Deeply Alarmed by Proposed Budget”
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 1, 2025
Testimony
The Council Must Fund Childcare in DC
By Anne Gunderson • June 17, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Press Release
Trump’s Military Parade Another Imposition on District Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 17, 2025
In The News
Bowser Budget Proposal Would Scale Back Health Care for Immigrants, Others
The Washington Post • June 16, 2025
In The News
Bowser's budget would avoid tax hikes, move 25K DC residents off Medicaid
NBC News Washington • June 16, 2025
Testimony
The DC Budget Needs to Equitably Grow the Economy
By Shira Markoff • June 12, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
The Council Needs to Improve Nutrition for Residents Incarcerated in the DOC
By Connor Zielinski • June 12, 2025 • Health Equity
