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Guest Blog: Cutting TANF Would Harm DC’s Kids

By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 20, 2015 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support

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Taking Time to Get the TANF Time Limit Right: A One-year Extension of Assistance to Families Makes Sense

By Ed Lazere • April 15, 2015 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support

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Making Sure DC Residents Keep Benefits That Help Them Stay Healthy

By Wes Rivers • March 9, 2015 • Health Equity

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Reforms that Will Make It Easier To Apply for Public Benefits

By Wes Rivers • January 13, 2015 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness

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Testimony of Kate Coventry, Policy Analyst, At the Public Oversight Roundtable on the Human Impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Benefits Cuts

By Tina Paden • October 3, 2014 • Income & Poverty / Revenue & Budget / TANF & Income Support

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Use Additional Revenue to Help TANF Families Succeed

By Kate Coventry • June 6, 2014 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support

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DC RESIDENTS FACING PROBLEMS ACCESSING MEDICAID AND FOOD STAMPS, REPORT FINDS

By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 22, 2014 • Health Equity / Income & Poverty

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Making the Promise of a Strong Social Safety Net a Reality

By Soumya Bhat • May 22, 2014

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Closing the Gap Between Policy and Reality: Preventing Wrongful Denials and Terminations of Public Benefits in the District of Columbia

By Wes Rivers • May 22, 2014

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Our TANF Families Can’t Wait Until 2017

By Kate Coventry • April 23, 2014 • Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support

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