Featured Publications & Resources
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Health Care Finance, and the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services DC Council Committee on Health
By Kate Coventry • March 4, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Health Equity / Homelessness
Blog
DC’s Financial Challenges Remain, Even As its Budget Deficit Shrinks
By Tazra Mitchell • March 3, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services, DC Council Committee on Human Services
By Kate Coventry • March 1, 2021 • Health Equity
Blog
Revenue: Advance Policies that Support an Equitable Pandemic Recovery
By Tazra Mitchell • March 1, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Performance Oversight Hearing on the Interagency Council on Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • March 1, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Blog
DC Policymakers Must Make Bold Investments to Address Longstanding Educational Inequities
By Qubilah Huddleston • February 26, 2021 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry at the Public Roundtable on Rental Assistance and Eviction Prevention Before the DC Council Committee on Human Services
By Kate Coventry • February 22, 2021 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Blog
DCFPI Welcomes Amber Gruner to Our Team!
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 19, 2021 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Blog
New Report: First in Line
By Doni Crawford • February 16, 2021 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Report
First in Line: A Reparative Approach to Recreational Cannabis Policy
By Doni Crawford • February 16, 2021 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
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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
