Featured Publications & Resources
Report
Opportunities for the District to Collect $46 Million in TANF Stimulus Funds
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 29, 2009 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, for the Public Hearing on Options for Human Services Programming Available Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 5, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, At the Public Hearing on the FY 2009 and FY 2010 Budget Gap-Closing Strategies, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • July 24, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
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
Report
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
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In The News
Report Shows D.C. Hurting Fiscally Without Statehood
Washington Informer • January 26, 2023
In The News
Study finds DC is missing out on billions by not being a state
DC News Now • January 24, 2023
Report
The High Cost of Denying Statehood to the District of Columbia
By Erica Williams • January 19, 2023 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Anthony Field as our new Campaigns Manager!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 12, 2023
In The News
Child-care workers wait for checks that could take them off the brink
Washington Post • January 3, 2023
Report
DC’s Tools to Create and Preserve Affordable Housing
By Eliana Golding • December 22, 2022 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
In The News
Homelessness: A Problem That Can Be Solved with Political Will
Washington Informer • December 14, 2022