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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) would like to make the public aware of fraudulent social media profiles, email accounts, text messages, and phone numbers that attempt to impersonate or otherwise associate themselves with the CDFI Fund. 

The CDFI Fund has released updated application support materials for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) applicants. The FY 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program AMIS Application Training Manual, updated July 10, 2026, is now available.

The CDFI Fund has released additional application instructions and reference materials for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program) applicants. All application materials for the FY 2026 funding round are available on the BEA Program page on the CDFI Fund’s website. New application materials as of July 2, 2026 include:

The CDFI Fund has released additional reference materials for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) applicants. The FY 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document, updated July 2, 2026, is now available.

Reminder: Next CDFI Certification webinar is July 16th 

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding round for the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding round for the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) today. SDL Program funding is intended to expand consumer access to financial institutions by providing alternatives to high-cost small dollar lending.

Washington, DC — The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) today announced the opening of the fiscal year (FY) 2026 application period for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.

Tomorrow, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will be opening the fiscal year (FY) 2026 application rounds for the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program (BG Program), the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program), and the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program). 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).