Featured Publications & Resources
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Too Many DC Families Live on $2 a Day: It’s Time to Do More to Help Families Thrive
By Ed Lazere • September 16, 2015 • TANF & Income Support
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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 / Budget / Jobs & Training / TANF & Income Support
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Guest Blog: Cutting TANF Would Harm Domestic Violence Survivors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 22, 2015 • Budget / TANF & Income Support
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Guest Blog: Cutting TANF Would Harm DC’s Kids
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 20, 2015 • TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimomy of Ed Lazere at the Budget Oversight Hearing for The Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Support Act Before the DC Council Committee of the Whole, May 8, 2015
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 8, 2015 • Budget / TANF & Income Support / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Budget Oversight Hearing on The Department of Human Services, April 24, 2015
By Kate Coventry • April 24, 2015 • Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Taking Time to Get the TANF Time Limit Right: A One-year Extension of Assistance to Families Makes Sense
By Ed Lazere • April 15, 2015 • TANF & Income Support
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DC Can Do More to Help Parents Struggling to Find Employment
By Kate Coventry • March 13, 2015 • TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing of the Department of Human Services, March 12, 2015
By Kate Coventry • March 12, 2015 • Budget / TANF & Income Support
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DC Needs to Do More to Help Unemployed Parents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 12, 2015 • TANF & Income Support
All Publications & Resources
Blog
July Brings New Benefits and Wage Increases for District Workers and Families
By Doni Crawford • July 1, 2020 • Jobs & Training
#JustRecoveryDC Action Guide
By Gail Zuagar • June 30, 2020 • Budget
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DC Budget Markups: Council Boosts Funding for Some Services but Substantial Shortcomings Remain
By Kate Coventry • June 29, 2020 • Budget
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DC Students Deserve Empathy and Greater Mental Health Support, Not Policing and Punishment
By Qubilah Huddleston • June 24, 2020 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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An Investment in Affordable Housing is an Investment in Long-Term Community Stability
By Doni Crawford • June 23, 2020 • Affordable Housing / Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At The Way Home Campaign’s People’s Roundtable to End Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • June 22, 2020 • Homelessness
In The News
A Viral Black-owned Business Success and the Shortcomings of the Federal Pandemic Response
CNN • June 22, 2020 • COVID-19
Blog
The Council Should Remove Barriers to Health Care Access for DC Immigrants
By Kate Coventry • June 22, 2020 • Health Care
Testimony
Testimony of Doni Crawford At the Budget Oversight Hearing for the Committee on Government Operations
By Doni Crawford • June 18, 2020
In The News
Two-Thirds Of DC Voters Surveyed Support Removing Police From Schools, Using Funds For Student Programs
WAMU • June 17, 2020 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
