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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 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Blog
New Data Tool Shows Need for Consistent Policies and Stable Funding Across DC Public Schools
By Soumya Bhat • April 23, 2015 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Soumya Bhat at the FY 2016 Budget Oversight Hearing for District of Columbia Public Schools, April 23, 2015
By Soumya Bhat • April 23, 2015 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Wes Rivers, At the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Oversight Hearing For the DC Department of Health at the District of Columbia Committee on Health and Human Service April 22, 2015
By Wes Rivers • April 22, 2015 • Health Equity
Blog
FY 2016 Budget Would Make Investments That Help Kids Enter School Healthy and Ready to Learn
By Wes Rivers • April 22, 2015 • Health Equity
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere at a Public Oversight Hearing on the Proposed FY 2016 Budget of the Department of Housing and Community Development
By Ed Lazere • April 20, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Maintaining Economic Diversity and Affordability: A Strategy for Preserving Affordable Rental Housing in the District of Columbia — Executive Summary
By Ed Lazere • April 20, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
Introducing DCFPI’s Budget Chartbook and Toolkit!
By Ed Lazere • April 17, 2015 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
How to Use the DC Budget to Improve Health Care Access and Quality
By Soumya Bhat • April 16, 2015 • Health Equity
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere at Budget Oversight Hearing for Department of Health Care Finance, April 17, 2015
By Ed Lazere • April 16, 2015 • Health Equity / Revenue & Budget
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
