CDFI Program (FA + TA Awards)
Funds Certified Community Development Financial Institutions to expand lending, investing, and capacity building in underserved United States communities.
The CDFI Program is administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's CDFI Fund and awards Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance to certified community development financial institutions. Financial Assistance awards are flexible instruments — loans, grants, equity investments, deposits, or credit union shares — that certified CDFIs use to expand lending and investment activity in low-i…
Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance awards to Certified and Emerging CDFIs that expand lending, investment, and capacity for community development finance in underserved communities.
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