Recently, the CDFI Fund announced the selection of a contractor to administer the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Native Initiative, which is an effort to increase NMTC investments in NMTC Native Areas^[1].

The US Census Bureau defines disability as a long-lasting physical, mental, or emotional condition. This condition can make it difficult for a person to do activities such as walking, climbing stairs, dressing, bathing, learning, or remembering, which can impede a person’s ability to go outside the home alone or to work at a job or business. Vision impairment, mental illness, diseases such as diabetes or multiple sclerosis are examples of disabilities.

For those preparing to apply for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 CDFI Equitable Recovery Program application round, the CDFI Fund has recorded an informational pre-application webinar. Topics covered include setting up your critical SAM.gov and Grants.gov accounts, adjusting your organizational profile in the Awards Management Information System (AMIS), and other ways your organization can prepare in advance for the FY 2022 application round.

Interested in applying to the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding round for the CDFI Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP)? The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is tentatively planning to open the fiscal year (FY) 2022 CDFI ERP application round later this spring. Now is a great time for organizations to begin to prepare to apply for a CDFI ERP award.

Pre-Application Webinar Scheduled for April 27, 2022

Later this spring, the CDFI Fund will be accepting applications for the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program). The SDL Program was created to encourage Certified CDFIs to establish and maintain small dollar loan programs and provide alternatives to high cost small dollar loans. For this program, small dollar loans are unsecured loans of up to $2,500. The grants may be used for two eligible activities, loan loss reserves and technical assistance activities.

Did you know that the CDFI Fund has a program that can help your organization expand and strengthen your small dollar lending program? The CDFI Fund’s Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) was created to help expand consumer access to financial institutions by providing alternatives to high cost small dollar lending.