Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
A $10,000 Idea to Ensure that No Family Spends Nearly Everything on Rent
By Tazra Mitchell • March 12, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Report
Lower Rent Means More Cash for the Basics
By Kamolika Das • March 12, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Testimony
Testimony of Qubilah Huddleston At the Hearing on the Critical Risk Rate School Funding Designation Act of 2019
By Qubilah Huddleston • March 10, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
$100 Metro Subsidy Proposal Would Help Residents, But Fails to Center Equity and Fiscal Transparency
By Tazra Mitchell • March 5, 2020 • Income & Poverty
Testimony
Testimony of Doni Crawford at the Performance Oversight Hearing for the Department of Employment Services Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
By Doni Crawford • March 4, 2020 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Blog
DC Black History Matters: Five Reads for the Close of Black History Month
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 28, 2020
Blog
Applying a Racial Equity Analysis – Black Employment in the District of Columbia
By Doni Crawford • February 28, 2020 • Inclusive Economy / Jobs & Training
Blog
Coming Home to Homelessness: Too Many Returning Citizens Lack a Home
By Kate Coventry • February 27, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Report
Coming Home to Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • February 27, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
Testimony
Qubilah Huddleston At the Public Meeting of the DC State Board of Education, February 26, 2020
By Qubilah Huddleston • February 26, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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
