Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Guest blog: Give Parents Time Needed to Address Health Problems
By Tina Paden • April 25, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Guest Blog: Time Limit Exemptions Give Young Parents the Time to Prepare for Good Jobs
By Tina Paden • April 24, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Guest Blog: TANF Employment Services Help Parents Move to Self-Sufficiency
By Tina Paden • April 23, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
TANF Stories: Highlights of Families Facing Challenges on the Path to Employment
By Jenny Reed • April 22, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
A Budget that Helps DC Residents in Crisis
By Tina Paden • March 19, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Report
A Budget That Gives Parents the Tools to Succeed in the Job Market
By Tina Paden • March 15, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Report
For Some DC Groups of DC Residents, Unemployment Remains High in the Wake of the Recession
By Tina Paden • March 7, 2013 • Income & Poverty
Blog
DC Council: Vote Yes to Ensure TANF Family Success
By Tina Paden • March 5, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
DC Council Adopts New TANF Sanction Policy
By Tina Paden • January 8, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Roundtable On the District of Columbia’s TANF Program
By Tina Paden • January 7, 2013 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
All Publications & Resources
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
Testimony
The District's Pay Equity Fund is a Success and it Deserves Full Funding
By Anne Gunderson • June 12, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education