Featured Publications & Resources
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Jobs in Retail and Food Service Grew in the First Year of DC’s Minimum Wage Increase
By Ilana Boivie • February 10, 2016 • Economic Development / Income & Poverty
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Two Important Ways to Help Vulnerable DC Residents Find and Keep Jobs
By Ilana Boivie • January 28, 2016 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Ilana Boivie at a Public Hearing on Bill 21-0211, The Employment Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence Amendment Act and Bill 21-0244, The Fair Credit History Screening Act of 2015, January 26, 2016
By Ilana Boivie • January 28, 2016 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Ilana Boivie at a Public Roundtable Review of the District’s Workforce Development Programs and the Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, January 13, 2016
By Ilana Boivie • January 21, 2016 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
Blog
New Bill Would Ensure a Living Wage for Workers on Projects that Get DC Tax Subsidies
By Ilana Boivie • January 21, 2016 • Economic Development / Income & Poverty / Taxes
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DC Should Reduce Traffic Fatalities Without Fines that Could Hurt Many Residents
By Ed Lazere • January 12, 2016 • Economic Development
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Paid Leave Would Help DC Families
By Ed Lazere • December 15, 2015 • Budget / Economic Development / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere at the Public Hearing on Bill 21-415, the “Universal Paid Leave Act of 2015” for the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole, December 2, 2015
By Ed Lazere • December 11, 2015 • Economic Development / Jobs & Training
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How to Ensure DC Gets the Most Out of The Advisory Board Tax Subsidy Deal
By Wes Rivers • November 2, 2015 • Budget / Economic Development
Testimony
Testimony of Wes Rivers, Policy Analyst At the Hearing on Bill 21-353 “the Local Jobs and Tax Incentive Act of 2015” District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue October 14, 2015
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 14, 2015 • Economic Development
All Publications & Resources
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Qubilah Huddleston & Alyssa Noth to Our Team!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 1, 2019
Testimony
Testimony of Kamolika Das at the Public Hearing on Bill 23-133, Supporting Essential Workers Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act of 2019
By Kamolika Das • July 15, 2019 • Income & Poverty
Press Release
Proposed Bill Would Advance Education Equity in the District
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 3, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
A Path to Better Budgeting: Suspend the Council Finance Committee
By Ed Lazere • July 2, 2019 • Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Doni Crawford At the Public Hearing on the Housing Production Trust Fund Transparency Amendment Act of 2019
By Doni Crawford • June 28, 2019 • Affordable Housing
Blog
Transparency: A Key to Education Equity and Better School Budgets
By Ed Lazere • June 27, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Press Release
Organizations Decry Health Inequities in FY 2020 DC Budget, Call on Council and Mayor to Not Pit Health Programs Against Each Other
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 26, 2019 • Health Care
Blog
Beyond Outdoor Movies: Summer in DC Also Brings Paid Family Leave and a Higher Minimum Wage
By Simone Holzer • June 24, 2019 • Jobs & Training
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Hearing on the “Interagency Council on Behavioral Health Establishment Amendment Act of 2019”
By Kate Coventry • June 21, 2019 • Health Care / Homelessness
