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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
Testimony
Testimony of Jenny Reed, Policy Analyst, For the Public Roundtable on PR 17-1175, “Sense of the Council in Support of Reducing Poverty in the District of Columbia Resolution of 2008â€
By Jenny Reed • December 11, 2008 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Public Hearing on Bill 17-1008, the NoMA Residential Development Tax Abatement Act of 2008
By Tina Paden • November 24, 2008 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, at the Public Hearing on the NoMA Residential Development Tax Abatement Act of 2008
By Tina Paden • November 24, 2008 • Inclusive Economy / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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
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Report
Chronic Racial Inequality Holds Back Workers and Equitable Economic Growth
By Shira Markoff • March 9, 2026 • Inclusive Economy
Testimony
Child Care Workers Deserve Quality, Affordable Health Care
By Anne Gunderson • March 6, 2026 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Implementation of Federal Cuts to SNAP is Critical to Preventing Harm to DC Residents
By Tazra Mitchell • March 6, 2026 • Income & Poverty
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 • Inclusive Economy
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
