Featured Publications & Resources
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere at the Budget Oversight Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request Act and Budget Support Act, April 29, 2016
By Ed Lazere • May 7, 2016 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Department of Human Services District of Columbia Committee on Health and Human Services, April 20, 2016
By Kate Coventry • April 20, 2016 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Council Should Protect Vulnerable Families with Children in the FY 2017 Budget
By Kate Coventry • April 20, 2016 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Cutting TANF Would Increase Family Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • March 16, 2016 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Guest Blog: TANF is a Lifeline for DC’s Most Vulnerable Kids
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 3, 2016 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry, Policy Analyst, at the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Performance Oversight Hearing For the Department of Human Services District of Columbia Committee on Health and Human Services February 25, 2016
By Kate Coventry • March 1, 2016 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Guest Blog: Cutting TANF Would Hurt Domestic Violence Survivors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 1, 2016 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
TANF is a Lifeline: Let’s Protect DC’s Children and Help Their Parents Succeed
By Ed Lazere • February 29, 2016 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Understanding The DC Public Assistance Amendment Act of 2015: Exemptions and Extensions Proposed
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 17, 2016 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
When Every Dollar Counts: Child Poverty Has Lasting Negative Effects, But Even Small Income Boosts Can Help
By Kate Coventry • February 11, 2016 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
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Press Release
Michael Richardson Joins DCFPI’s Board of Directors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 9, 2025
Press Release
Statement on Final Passage of Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 3, 2025
Press Release
Leaders of Direct Service, Anti-Poverty Organizations in Letter to DC Council: “We are Deeply Alarmed by Proposed Budget”
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 1, 2025
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
