As demand picks back up, child care programs are making some tough choices: Charge parents more than they can afford to retain staff and pay them fairly, or pay early educators less than they deserve to serve families.
Eighty percent of DC voters support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000 a year to support the District’s long-term economic recovery, a new poll from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute and DC Action shows.
DCFPI staff have delivered testimony at eleven budget hearings since the Mayor proposed her budget on May 27th. In these testimonies, we reminded lawmakers of the unprecedented opportunity to leverage American Rescue Plan dollars and raise local revenue for […]
The budget can provide relief for the thousands of residents facing eviction and experiencing homelessness, students who have fallen behind, workers left out of relief measures, residents struggling with food insecurity, and child care facilities at risk of […]
For the first time, DC Council allocated no new funds in the child care subsidy program that supports low-income children.
DC Council’s budget has significant shortcomings even with modest revenue increases, largely because Council failed to put forward a truly bold revenue strategy in the face of a $1.5 billion revenue shortfall.
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Her FY 2021 proposal largely holds funding for early childhood programs flat from last fiscal year but cuts funding for critical home visiting programs.
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This post provides an overview of how the Mayor’s budget proposal affects low- and moderate-income DC residents.
