Additional CDFI Program Application Workshop Scheduled

October 15, 2009

The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has scheduled an additional application workshop for the fiscal year (FY) 2010 round of the CDFI Program, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio. With the addition of this workshop, the CDFI Fund is conducting a total of six in-person application workshops, in addition to two webinar application workshops for the FY 2010 application round.

The additional application workshop will be on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The CDFI Fund staff conducting the application workshop will cover identical material to that presented in earlier workshops throughout October.

Registration is required at least four days in advance of the workshop. Anyone wishing to attend must register through the CDFI Fund’s on-line registration system and bring a photo ID to gain admittance. To register, please visit: www.cdfifund.gov/news_events/workshopregistration.asp.

For those unable to attend an in-person application workshop, the CDFI Fund has posted an archived version of the application workshop webinar on its website so that interested parties may learn how to apply to the FY 2010 round of the CDFI Program at their convenience over the internet by visiting: www.cdfifund.gov/how_to_apply/.

Questions

For more information on the CDFI Program or the application webinars and workshops, please contact the CDFI Program office by e-mailing cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by calling (202) 622-6355.

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