CDFA's Revolving Loan Fund Course Week is returning with the intro level on May 12-13 followed by the advanced level on May 14-15. Register for one or both of these courses to learn from experts about developing, implementing, and managing efficient and impactful revolving loan fund programs.

A band of more than 100 House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt its plans to shutter offices that help ensure low income and minority communities are not disproportionately saddled with pollution. 

CDFA signs on to support the reintroduction of the Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act, which will allow taxpayers to fully deduct the cleanup costs of contaminated property in the year the costs were incurred. The brownfield tax incentive is an investment in economic development, community health, and communities disadvantaged by historic land use patterns and hazardous land uses: restoring this vial tax incentive is long overdue and must be a priority in any tax legislation considered by this Congress.

Help preserve & protect tax-exempt bonds! Please copy the text from this letter and place it on your organization's letterhead. Modify the RED areas to reflect your particular agency. Fill in and send this letter of support to every member of Congress from your state. Any and all outreach is critical to gaining support in Congress.

Uncertainty can cause concern. But it can also provide opportunities. This is why we're hosting the annual CDFA Federal Policy Conference, presented with CHFA, this April 15-16 in Washington D.C. This is your chance to hear from—and be heard by—the people influencing the development finance industry at the federal level. This isn't just a networking conference with informative breakout sessions, it's a chance to sit at the table and talk with representatives from federal agencies. Save your seat at this important meeting of the minds, and help us turn uncertainty into opportunity. Register today!

Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal, as part of a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other government agencies.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to cut more than 40 percent of its workforce amid an agency-wide restructuring. The agency will cut about 2,700 positions out of its workforce of nearly 6,500 employees, reverting to staffing levels from the first Trump administration, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said. Certain accountability roles will be exempt from the reductions, including the Office of Advocacy and the Office of the Inspector General

US President Donald Trump's administration is working to bring back nearly 25,000 fired federal workers after judges ruled their terminations were illegal, court documents show. Officials at 18 departments and agencies have submitted documents to a federal court detailing their efforts to rehire the laid off probationary workers to comply with the court orders.