Featured Publications & Resources
Report
How Bad Is DC’s Budget Shortfall? What Resources Are Available to Address it? Will it Get Worse?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 4, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Report
DC Took a Balanced Approach to Addressing Its Last Major Deficit: The Budget Shortfall in 2002 Was Addressed With Both Budget Savings and Revenue Increases
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 4, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, at the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Performance Oversight Hearing for the City Administrator’s Office, District of Columbia Committee on Government Operations and the Environment
By Jenny Reed • March 3, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Report
DC Homeowners’ Property Taxes Remain Lowest in the Region
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 27, 2009 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
50 Organizations and Individuals Sign-On to an Open Letter to Mayor Fenty, Council Chairman Gray, and CFO Ghandi Calling for Budget Transparency
By Jenny Reed • February 26, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Report
Ten Ways to Improve the Transparency of the DC Budget
By Jenny Reed • February 26, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on B18-48, the View 14 Economic Development Act of 2009, District of Columbia Committee on Finance and Revenue
By Jenny Reed • February 25, 2009 • Inclusive Economy
Testimony
Testimony of Katie Kerstetter, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute at the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Human Services, District of Columbia Committee on Human Services
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 19, 2009 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, at the Public Hearing on Priorities for the use of Potential Funds for the District of Columbia from Recovery and Reinvestment Proposals Currently under Consideration in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • February 10, 2009 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
DCFPI joins the Coalition for Community Investment; Coalition issues “Statement of Principles” to guide DC Budget decisions in difficult times
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 3, 2009
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Testimony
DC Families Deserve High-Quality and Affordable Child Care
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 4, 2026 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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
