Featured Publications & Resources
Data Visualization
Visualizing the DC Police Budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 3, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
DC Can Honor Black Women’s Work on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
By Erica Williams • August 2, 2021 • Income & Poverty
Blog
In Historic Budget Vote, DC Council Makes Transformative Investments But Misses Important Opportunities for Equity
By Kate Coventry • July 27, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
A Modest Tax Increase Won’t Drive Out High-Income Residents or Small Businesses
By Tazra Mitchell and Erica Williams • July 19, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
Work to Advance Racial Equity in the Budget Is Incomplete
By Doni Crawford and Qubilah Huddleston • July 16, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
The Latest Plan for Increased Child Care Educator Pay Offers Too Little, Too Late
By Danielle Hamer • July 15, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Videos
Videos: Why DC’s Wealthiest Should Pay their Fair Share
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 12, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
DC Budget Markups: Council Boosts Funding for Some Services but Substantial Shortcomings Remain
By Kate Coventry • July 9, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Committee Leaves DC Police Budget Largely Untouched But Advances Police-Free Schools
By Eliana Golding, Qubilah Huddleston and Danielle Hamer • July 8, 2021 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony at the Budget Oversight Hearing of the Committee of the Whole on Increasing Investments in Housing
By Kate Coventry • June 25, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget
All Publications & Resources
Testimony
Child Care Workers Deserve Quality, Affordable Health Care
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • March 6, 2026 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Health Equity
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
In The News
District officials to figure out next steps after Congress blocks tax code changes
ABC News 7 • February 13, 2026
