Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
Budget Cuts Adopted by the DC Council Fall Disproportionately On Programs for Low-Income Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 17, 2008 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Bridging the Gaps in DC: Strategies to Support Low-Income Working Families
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 14, 2008 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony of Lindsay Clark, Policy Analyst, For the Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs Public Hearing on Bill 17-950, the “Approval of Verizon Washington, DC Inc.’s Cable Television System Franchise Act of 2008†October 31, 2008
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 3, 2008 • Inclusive Economy
Blog
Managing the District’s Debt: How a Debt Cap Can Serve as an Important Fiscal Oversight Tool While Also Allowing the District to Achieve its Development Goals
By Jenny Reed • October 24, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Oversight Roundtable on The Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2009 Gap-Closing Proposal, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • October 17, 2008
Blog
How Should the District Address Its Revenue Shortfall? Some Guiding Principles
By Jenny Reed • September 30, 2008 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Research Associate at the Public Hearing on B17-0914, the Limitation on Borrowing and Establishment of the Operating Cash Reserve Act of 2008, District of Columbia Committee of the Whole
By Jenny Reed • September 22, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Poverty In DC Remains As High As At The End Of The Last Recession, New Census Bureau Data Show
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 26, 2008 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony of Lindsay Clark, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute For the Public Roundtable regarding Strategies to Eliminate the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s Current Waiting List of Individuals Seeking Housing Choice Vouchers and Placement in Public Housing
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 14, 2008 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
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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
Testimony
Cuts to the DC Health Care Alliance Harm DC Residents
By Kate Coventry • February 12, 2026 • Health Equity
In The News
Congress seeks DCs compliance with One Big Beautiful Act; city fears $600M impact
ABC News 7 • February 10, 2026
In The News
Opinion: D.C. must restore TANF to pull more children out of poverty
The 51st • February 10, 2026
In The News
Republicans look to rebuke DC Council with swing at local tax code
Roll Call • February 10, 2026
Budget Resource Page
A Resident’s Guide to the DC Budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 7, 2026 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
Baby steps: Janeese Lewis George pledges universal affordable child care for D.C.
The 51st • February 6, 2026
Press Release
Congressional Interference Will Cost DC Nearly $700 Million in Local Revenue and Jeopardize Efforts to Reduce Child Poverty
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 4, 2026
