Featured Publications & Resources
Report
How DC Funds Its Public Schools
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • February 6, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Budget ToolkitLanding Page
Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 30, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
FY 2025 Budget Must Address Hardship with Equitably Raised Revenue
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • January 30, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Report
Achieving Vision of Fairly Compensated Early Education Workforce Makes Anticipation of Cost Growth Imperative
By Anne Gunderson • January 24, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
District Child Tax Credit Bill is a Tool for Tackling Child Poverty and Should be Strengthened
By Erica Williams • January 24, 2024 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
Top 5 Percent of DC Earners Pay Lower Share of Income in Taxes than Bottom 95 Percent
By Erica Williams and Nikki Metzgar • January 9, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Report
A Holistic and Reparative Agenda for Ending Displacement in DC
By Eliana Golding • November 15, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
Report
Taxing Capital Gains More Robustly Can Help Reduce DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
By Tazra Mitchell • October 31, 2023 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
Better Targeted Property Tax Benefits Would Advance Racial Equity
By Eliana Golding and Erica Williams • October 19, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Report
DC Can Advance Racial Equity and Black Homeownership through the Property Tax
By Eliana Golding • October 17, 2023 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Revenue & Budget / Taxes
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In The News
New report exposes DC police using arrests and tickets to score revenue for the District
The Real News • September 11, 2024
Testimony
Budget Constraints Necessitate Changes to the PEF Formula and Structure
By Anne Gunderson • August 22, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Fact Sheets
By Investing $139 Million in DC’s Child Care Subsidy Program, the Local Economy Could Grow $1.7 Billion
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • August 6, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
With Council Changes, the FY 2025 Budget Advances Educational Equity
By Erika Roberson • July 29, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Centering Black Women in Policy Would Lead to a More Inclusive, Equitable Economy
By Claire Goldberg • July 23, 2024 • Inclusive Economy
Report
Expanding Child Care Subsidies Would Boost the District’s Economy
By Anne Gunderson • July 17, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
In The News
The Council Saved Pay Raises for Child Care Workers. But Another Battle with the CFO Forced Painful Cuts.
Washington City Paper • July 2, 2024
Budget Toolkit
What's in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget?
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 1, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
In The News
DC reparations bill for descendants of slaves advances in City Council
DC News Now • June 27, 2024