Featured Publications & Resources
Report
Mayor Fenty’s TANF Proposal Will Increase Hardship Among Poor Families With Children And Will Not Help Families Move from Welfare to Work
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 23, 2009 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, at the Public Hearing on the FY 2010 Budget Request for the Department of Human Services, District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 25, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute at the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Human Services, District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 19, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Report
Meeting DC’s Challenges, Maintaining Fiscal Discipline: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods by Increasing Incomes and Reducing Poverty
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 1, 2007 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support / Taxes
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Overcoming Barriers: Solutions for Addressing Challenges Created by Federal TANF Changes
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 5, 2006 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Report
Not Enough To Live On: DC’s TANF Benefits Are Among The Least Adequate In The Nation
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 14, 2006 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Idara Nickelson, Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2004 and Fiscal Year 2005 Spending and Performance by the Department of Human Services District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 22, 2005 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Report
The District Should Use Its Upcoming TANF Bonus to Increase Cash Assistance and Remove Barriers to Work
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 29, 2004 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Idara Nickelson, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute At the Public Hearing on Fiscal Year 2003 and Fiscal Year 2004 Spending and Performance by the Department of Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 4, 2004 • 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
Blog
DC Made Progress on Poverty Thanks to Public Investment in Residents
By Erica Williams • September 15, 2023 • Income & Poverty
Blog
State Tax Levels Have Little Effect on Where People Choose to Live
By Nikki Metzgar • August 21, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
