Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Cutting Class: Why the DC Council’s Tinkering With The Class 3 Property Tax Gets An F
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 9, 2009
Blog
How Did $12 Million Disappear from the Homeless Services Budget?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 7, 2009
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, for the Public Hearing on Options for Human Services Programming Available Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 5, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Report
What’s in the Amended FY 2010 DC Budget? A Summary
By Jenny Reed • October 2, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Report
Census Data Show No Major Changes in DC Poverty in 2008: Yet Figures Reveal Large Disparities in Poverty between Different Population Groups
By Jenny Reed • October 2, 2009 • Income & Poverty
Blog
In DC, Back-to-School Brings a Lesson in Subtraction: Budget Cuts
By Jenny Reed • September 28, 2009
Report
New Census Data Reveal Growing Income Gaps in the District
By Jenny Reed • September 22, 2009 • Income & Poverty
Report
Expanding the District’s Sales Tax Can Raise Revenue, While Increasing Tax Fairness
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 21, 2009 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Good News About Health Insurance Coverage in DC: Census Data Show DC’s Uninsured Rate Has Dropped and Is One of the Lowest in the U.S.
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • September 10, 2009
All Publications & Resources
Press Release
Leaders of Direct Service, Anti-Poverty Organizations in Letter to DC Council: “We are Deeply Alarmed by Proposed Budget”
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 1, 2025
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
