Economic Opportunity
How Key Tax Proposals Would Improve Affordability in Virginia
As lawmakers consider budget proposals, several options would cut taxes and boost income for most families, including increasing Virginia’s refundable...
From Progress to Permanence and Beyond: Strengthening Virginia’s EITC
Every family in every community deserves to comfortably live on their income, meet the immediate needs of their family, and...
Design Matters: Refundable Tax Credits are a Building Block for a Fairer Tax Code
Our state tax code is an essential tool to support our communities. However, Virginia still has an upside-down tax code,...
Virginia’s Federal Jobs Landscape Amid a Potential Federal Shutdown
In response to the pending federal shutdown at midnight on September 30, 2025, this adaptation of a March 2025 TCI...
Doing Our Work in Virginia: How Virginia’s Legislature is Investing in Communities (2025 Session Recap)
When we think about the Virginia that we want to live in — where families have access to affordable health...
Piecing it Together: House and Senate Budgets Hold Opportunities for Protecting and Investing in Families and Communities
State budget decisions are critical to realizing the vital investments our communities need. While Governor Youngkin presented a budget that...
What’s In and Who’s Left Out of the Governor’s Budget
Budgets show what and who we value, and Virginia’s families deserve a budget that values them by providing broad and...
Ujima: Collective Work, Collective Impact in 2024
TCI is closing out 2024 ready for the work ahead and bolstered by collaboration with Collective Work, our racial and...
Proven and Effective: Tax Credits to Lift Up Virginia Families
Most of us want to make sure our families and children have what they need to be healthy and reach...