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Erica Williams
@EricaWilli
Executive Director @dcfpi. Formerly w/CBPP. Focused on racial, gender, economic justice. Tweets/opinions/thoughts are my own.
Katılım Eylül 2012
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NEWS: @MayorBowser has very unexpectedly released a report @DDOTDC finished five years ago on what implementing congestion pricing in D.C. would look like. She had refused to make it public since it was done, but now calls congestion pricing "the wrong policy at the wrong time."
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Imagine boasting this one day and by the next floating proposals to slash core funding for 200+ small businesses in DC's child care sector.
Mayor Muriel Bowser@MayorBowser
10 years ago, we were spending $317 million with small and local businesses. This year, our goal is $1.5 billion. The FY26 Green Book delivers on my promise to champion and support our local businesses—and it's out now: greenbookdc.com
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@maustermuhle @crum_madison_ @TedLeonsis We do have to pay the debt service and that comes out of the operating pot. For example the borrowing we’ll do for RFK will cost us like $35m annually in debt service for 30yrs. That’s real money and comes at the expense of other priorities.
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@crum_madison_ @TedLeonsis But… technicalities matter! The $515 million D.C. put into Capital One wouldn’t just otherwise be available to be spent on ERAP, SNAP, or any other program.
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The Senate will be voting on this harmful legislation TODAY at 4:30. There is still time to make calls and remind them that DC deserves the fundamental right of self-governance!
DCFPI@DCFPI
🚨 Take action now🚨 We think the vote is happening THIS WEEK. Congress wants to undo local legislation, cost DC $700M, & overturn our efforts to cut child poverty. Call these Senators and tell them to VOTE NO ON S.J.RES.102.
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Catch DCFPI's Sr. Director of Institutional Advancement (and ordained minister!) Todd Gray at @walkerbaptistdc 's Being The Church conference!
Event: Being The Church — One-Day Conference
Theme: POVERTY & POLITICS
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026
RSVP: loom.ly/yWGAVMw
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DC's Child Tax Credit is an important tool for local families, and research has shown that the expansion of the federal child tax credit during the pandemic led to dramatic reductions in child poverty.
loom.ly/DDT70DI
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Minding the Grocery Gap in the District of Columbia – A 2025 Update, the latest report from our friends at @DCHunger, highlights disparities that continue to exacerbate food insecurity, health inequities, & economic instability for residents.
🔗: dchunger.org/wp-content/upl…
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Hundreds in line to apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), and more trying to get through by phone as applications opened this morning. After steep cuts, ERAP funding falls far short of tenants’ needs.
Commissioner Tom Donohue@tmdonohue
9am this is the ERAP line several hundred many have been waiting outside in the cold since 5:30am @ChmnMendelson @kenyanmcduffie @trayonwhite @AnitaBondsDC @CMRobertWhiteDC @chenderson @BrianneKNadeau @CMBrookePinto @CMFrumin We must do better it’s in the 30’s! What if it rained
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Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @CenterOnBudget.
USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.
Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
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DC Council took swift action to reject Trump tax cuts from flowing into DC's tax code & used some of those savings to put more $ into the pockets of residents struggling to get by via the EITC & CTC. Thx to @ChmnMendelson & @CMZParker5 for leading on these measures, respectively!
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📣 ACTION ALERT
DC lawmakers must act to protect $658 million in local funds that could be used for housing, health care, & support for residents. Send an email: the DC Council must amend DC’s tax code to prevent federal tax cuts from draining our budget. loom.ly/smq56N0
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In 2019, the Mayor was prepared to use the contingency reserve to help cover SNAP costs: mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-…
She absolutely should tap the contingency reserve, reprogram spending, and/or use overcollections (or another option) to ensure that DC residents don't go hungry.
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle
Today @MayorBowser says no final decision has been made yet on whether D.C. will cover the cost of SNAP benefits should federal funding lapse this weekend as expected. She's waiting for the outcome of a court hearing on a lawsuit filed by 25 states (including D.C.) on it.
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The Trump Admin recently claimed that #SNAP benefits aren't available for Nov 2025 b/c SNAP’s “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.” This stands in opposition to the law & prior practice. See more from CBPP: cbpp.org/research/food-…
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Community members, healthcare providers, and advocates sent a clear message yesterday to the DC Council: Reverse cuts to the Alliance program and protect health coverage for thousands of residents!
#SaveAlliance #HealthcareIsAHumanRight @maryscenter @domesticworkers @dcfpi
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