Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
DC Needs Plan to Help Medicaid Beneficiaries Work Through Eligibility and Enrollment Issues
By Wes Rivers • July 28, 2015 • Health Equity
Blog
DC Should Seize the Opportunity to Strengthen Inclusionary Zoning And Generate More Affordable Housing
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 23, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
Feds Give States Options to Cover Housing-Related Services with Medicaid
By Wes Rivers • July 22, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness
Blog
The President Can and Should Boost the Pay of Low-Wage Federal Contract Workers
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 21, 2015 • Income & Poverty
Report
How the U.S. Government Is Making Washington, D.C. the Capitol of Inequality
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 21, 2015 • Income & Poverty
Blog
The Need for Fairer Scheduling Practices in DC Emerges from Hearing
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 16, 2015 • Inclusive Economy / Income & Poverty / Jobs & Training
Blog
Making Sure DC Residents Don’t Go Hungry
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 15, 2015 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty
Testimony
TESTIMONY OF WES RIVERS, POLICY ANALYST, DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE, At the National Commission on Hunger Public Hearing in Washington, DC, July 14, 2015
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 15, 2015 • Income & Poverty
Op-Ed
Unpredictable and Unsustainable: How Scheduling Practices in DC’s Service Sector Are Wreaking Havoc on Workers
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 13, 2015
Blog
The Need to Better Manage DCPS School Modernization
By Soumya Bhat • July 13, 2015 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
All Publications & Resources
Testimony
DC Council Should More Closely Examine Spending on Trickle-Down Economic Strategies
By Shira Markoff • February 25, 2026 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
D.C. attorney general tells CFO to ignore Congress on tax law dispute
Washington Business Journal • February 24, 2026
Report
DC Can Raise $121 Million or More with a Simple Tax on Proceeds from Wealth
By Erica Williams • February 23, 2026
Report
Proposed Child Care Subsidy Waitlist Could Leave District Parents and Providers Paying the Price
By Anne Gunderson • February 20, 2026 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
DC Child Poverty Back to Extreme Level After Short-Lived Progress
By Connor Zielinski • February 19, 2026 • Income & Poverty
Fact Sheets
Cutting Reimbursement Rates in the DC Child Care Subsidy Program Would Cripple Budgets and Force Classrooms to Close
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 17, 2026 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
In The News
District officials to figure out next steps after Congress blocks tax code changes
ABC News 7 • February 13, 2026
Testimony
Cuts to the DC Health Care Alliance Harm DC Residents
By Kate Coventry • February 12, 2026 • Health Equity
In The News
Senate votes to block DC's tax code, but Chairman Mendelson says Congress review period has expired
WUSA9 • February 12, 2026 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
In rare move, Congress exerts power over D.C. and blocks tax policy
The Washington Post • February 12, 2026 • Revenue & Budget
