Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
DC Contends with Extreme Child Poverty Disparities by Race, Place, and Age
By Connor Zielinski • March 10, 2025 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Funding Early Childhood Education is Vital to DC’s Future
By Anne Gunderson • March 6, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Budget Resource Page
Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 5, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
DC Council Needs to Address Displacement and Support Tenants
By Mychal Cohen • March 3, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
DC Expected to Lose $1 Billion in Revenue Through the Financial Plan
By Tazra Mitchell • March 3, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Department of Corrections Must Improve Nutrition for Incarcerated Residents
By Michael Johnson Jr. • February 27, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Blog
House Republicans Set the Stage to Slash Health and Food Assistance to Give Massive Tax Cuts to the Wealthy
By Erica Williams • February 26, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Baby Bonds and DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
By Tazra Mitchell • February 20, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Report
If You Build It: Recommendations for Increasing the Supply of Affordable Child Care to Meet District Demand
By Anne Gunderson and Diana Chavez Cruz • February 19, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
FY 2026 Budget Must Help DC Residents Weather the Coming Storm
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 6, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
All Publications & Resources
Blog
Mayor’s Economic Playbook Full of Disproven Ideas that Could Worsen Inequality
By Tazra Mitchell • May 12, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Fact Sheets
Proposed Federal Medicaid and Food Assistance Cuts Will Hurt DC Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 8, 2025 • Income & Poverty
Blog
Raising Revenue Could Help Stabilize DC’s Credit Ratings
By Erica Williams • April 25, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Nearly Half of All Renters and More Than Half of Black Renters in DC Struggle to Afford Rent
By Connor Zielinski • April 14, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
In The News
Trump signs order on Washington DC as Republicans exert control over city
The Guardian • April 8, 2025
In The News
No timeline yet for when House will consider bill to revert $1.1B cut to DC budget
ABC News 7 • April 8, 2025