Today at 5:30 PM! Let Your Voices Be Heard!
Join the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition in moving the guaranteed income agenda in Washington DC!
Registration is open for the January 24th DC Council Business and Economic Development Committee Hearing on the District Child Tax Credit Amendment Act of 2023! Be sure and testify: We need your voices! Let’s keep building the groundwork for a permanent guaranteed income in Washington DC. Thank you for your work in advancing the #HoldAHearing campaign, the #DCTC bill, and #guaranteedincome in Washington, DC.
Send questions to us at outreach@dcgicoalition.org.
Deadline to register to testify is on Monday, January 22nd @ 5:00 PM
Want to know more about the DCTC or receive tips on drafting testimony? Join one of our 2 remaining teach-in and testimony prep sessions hosted by organizers at Bread for the City, ONE DC, Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid, Mother’s Outreach Network, and other partners of the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition. The remaining sessions will be led by Spaces in Action and Mother’s Outreach Network. All are welcome to attend!
Round out your January with us: don’t miss our highly anticipated hybrid event, Guaranteed Income: Black Men Need It Too! Join us at the ONE DC Black Workers and Wellness Center, 2500 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020 on January 29th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. We hope you attend in person or on zoom!
In solidarity,
Melody
Melody Webb
Founder and Executive Director
Mother’s Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition
Below you will find resources to learn more about and take action on the District Child Tax Credit Amendment Act.
The Council of the District of Columbia to hold public oversight hearings on agency performance for FY 2023 and FY 2024. The hearings will begin Monday, January 17, 2024 and conclude on Friday, March 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Chairperson Kenyan McDuffie
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM (ET)
Via Virtual Meeting Platform – Room C
This hearing can be viewed live at:
We are thrilled to share that on Friday, January 5th, the Tax Revision Commission released its recommended tax proposals and included a recommendation for enhancing the District Child Tax Credit proposal! In fact, they recommended that DC parents be eligible to receive a tax credit of up to $1,000 per child (an additional $500 per child on top of Councilmember Parker’s DCTC bill).
See below for the Chairman’s Mark, which includes all of the TRC’s recommendations.
And look here for an analysis of the District Child Tax Credit, the proposed tax impact on families and arguments in favor of the bill:
This recommendation from the Tax Revision Commission affirms what we already know–that giving cash supports to families will make our city a better and more equitable place. We look forward to including the TRC’s recommendation in our DCTC testimony before the Council on January 24th!
Guaranteed Income: Black Men Need It Too!
At this political education session attendees will learn about the framework of the DC Guaranteed Income Coalition and hear from Black men discussing their basic needs and how the Guaranteed Income Coalition agenda can support their basic needs while advancing reparations for all our people. The meeting will take place on Zoom and at ONE DC Black Workers and Wellness Center.
Finally, to learn more about or to get involved with DC Guaranteed Income Coalition:
