Reminder - CIIS Deadline Approaching for FY 2006 Activities

June 15, 2007

The deadlines for reporting fiscal year 2006 information into the CDFI Fund’s Community Investment Impact System, or CIIS, is rapidly approaching. CIIS is the web-based data collection system that Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Community Development Entities (CDEs) use to submit their Institution Level Reports (ILRs) and Transaction Level Reports (TLRs) to the Fund.

Deadlines

• The deadline for CDFIs with a December 31, 2006 fiscal year end is June 30, 2007.
• The deadline for CDEs with a December 31, 2006 fiscal year end is June 29, 2007 – or 180 days after the close of the fiscal year.

Please refer to your specific allocation or assistance agreement for further details.

Guidance

In order to assist organizations required to submit data in CIIS, the CDFI has posted CIIS report forms and instructions at www.cdifund.gov/what_we_do/ciis.asp. This webpage also includes important data points, how they will be used and whether or not they are mandatory. A list of commercial software products that have the capability to track and electronically submit all of the TLR data points is also on the webpage. The documents on this webpage are posted for informational purposes only. To complete and submit the required reports, CDFIs and CDEs must enter CIIS through their organizations myCDFIFund account.

Questions

If you have any questions regarding CIIS, please contact the CIIS Help Desk by calling (703) 373-1516 or by e-mailing ciishelp@kearneyco.com. CIIS is managed by EF Kearney, a contractor to the Fund.

If you have any questions regarding your organizations reporting requirements, please contact the Fund's Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation Unit at (202) 622-8226 or by email at cme@cdfi.treas.gov.