Featured Publications & Resources
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The Need for Fairer Scheduling Practices in DC Emerges from Hearing
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 16, 2015 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
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Making Sure DC Residents Don’t Go Hungry
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 15, 2015 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty
Testimony
TESTIMONY OF WES RIVERS, POLICY ANALYST, DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE, At the National Commission on Hunger Public Hearing in Washington, DC, July 14, 2015
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 15, 2015 • Income & Poverty
Blog
Latest DC Minimum Wage Increase Helping Improve Families’ Security
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 7, 2015 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
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Reforms Needed to Boost Jobs for DC Residents At Businesses that Get Public Subsidies
By Ed Lazere • June 26, 2015 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
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Hearing on Unemployment Worker Profiles Underlines the Need for Improved Services for Job Seekers
By Ed Lazere • June 19, 2015 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
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DC Should Do More to Help Workers Who Face Erratic Work Schedules and Unpredictable Incomes
By Ed Lazere • June 12, 2015 • Income & Poverty
Report
Unpredictable, Unsustainable: The Impact of Employers’ Scheduling Practices in DC
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 11, 2015 • Income & Poverty
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Great Outcomes in the DC Budget to Help Residents Move Up the Economic Ladder
By Ed Lazere • May 28, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
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Guest Blog: Cutting TANF Would Harm Domestic Violence Survivors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 22, 2015 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
All Publications & Resources
Report
A Holistic and Reparative Agenda for Ending Displacement in DC
By Eliana Golding • November 15, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Report
Taxing Capital Gains More Robustly Can Help Reduce DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
By Tazra Mitchell • October 31, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Better Targeted Property Tax Benefits Would Advance Racial Equity
By Eliana Golding • October 19, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC Can Advance Racial Equity and Black Homeownership through the Property Tax
By Eliana Golding • October 17, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Videos
Video: How DC Can Become the First Major City to End Chronic Homelessness
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 28, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
More Teachers Will See Pay Increase with DC’s Temporary Grant Change for Child Care Centers
By Anne Gunderson • September 18, 2023 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Income & Poverty
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DC Made Progress on Poverty Thanks to Public Investment in Residents
By Erica Williams • September 15, 2023 • Income & Poverty
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State Tax Levels Have Little Effect on Where People Choose to Live
By Nikki Metzgar • August 21, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes