Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Guest blog: Give Parents Time Needed to Address Health Problems
By Tina Paden • April 25, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Director, At the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Budget Oversight Hearing for the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
By Tina Paden • April 24, 2013 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Guest Blog: Time Limit Exemptions Give Young Parents the Time to Prepare for Good Jobs
By Tina Paden • April 24, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Guest Blog: TANF Employment Services Help Parents Move to Self-Sufficiency
By Tina Paden • April 23, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Director, At the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Budget Oversight Hearing for the District of Columbia Housing Authority
By Tina Paden • April 22, 2013 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Soumya Bhat, Education Finance and Policy Analyst, At the Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013, Office of the State Superintendent of Education
By Tina Paden • April 22, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
TANF Stories: Highlights of Families Facing Challenges on the Path to Employment
By Jenny Reed • April 22, 2013 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Ask the DC Council to fully fund the proposed $4 million Pathways to Adult Literacy Fund
By Tina Paden • April 19, 2013
Report
The Department of Behavioral Health Budget: Our Thoughts
By Tina Paden • April 18, 2013 • Health Equity
Testimony
Testimony of Wes Rivers, Health Policy Analyst, At the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Oversight Hearing on the District of Columbia’s Department of Behavioral Health
By Wes Rivers • April 18, 2013 • Health Equity
All Publications & Resources
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
Testimony
The DC Budget Needs to Equitably Grow the Economy
By Shira Markoff • June 12, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
The Council Needs to Improve Nutrition for Residents Incarcerated in the DOC
By Connor Zielinski • June 12, 2025 • Health Equity
Testimony
The District's Pay Equity Fund is a Success and it Deserves Full Funding
By Anne Gunderson • June 12, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
