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The Council of Development Finance Agencies is honored to announce the 2020 class of the Caren S. Franzini Fellowship. Join CDFA in congratulating Angela Bolden with the Local Initiative Support Corporation, Alessandra Desiderio with Colorado Lending Source, Tiffany McClelland with the Lorain Port Authority, and Megan Sullivan from the Vermont Economic Progress Council.

This is a Summary of the Supplemental Appropriations included in the Senate's third COVID-19 Stimulus package. More than 80% of the total $339.855 billion provided in the emergency supplemental appropriations goes to state and local governments and communities.

USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep its customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more actions are taken.

CDFA developed the COVID-19 Resource Center to serve as a central hub of everything the development finance world is doing to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. CDFA's Weekly Development Finance COVID-19 Briefings will highlight these mitigation and recovery efforts.

As government officials continue to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, property taxes and the systems that support them are in a constant state of flux. Vorys created this list detailing how state and local efforts impact property taxation, assessments, and dispute resolution.

Small business owners in all U.S. states and territories are currently eligible to apply for a low-interest loan due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program.

Rural hospitals may not be able to keep their doors open as the coronavirus pandemic saps their cash just as communities most need them. Institutions also find themselves needing to pay higher prices for personal protective equipment such as face masks and other gear that is in short supply.

CDFA is pleased to announce that Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have introduced a bill to reauthorize the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) in the U.S. Senate as S. 3551.

A Coronavirus Relief fund of $150 billion would be shared among state, local and tribal governments while the Federal Reserve would be authorized to purchase all types of municipal bonds under the $2 trillion package the Trump administration has agreed to with the Senate.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in the midst of what Chairman Patrick Foye called the "biggest liquidity crisis ever" for the nation's largest mass transit system, received a downgrade from S&P Global Ratings.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will be publishing daily data summaries, pushing back comment deadlines and suspending a price alert in response to market volatility and COVID-19 concerns. The MSRB published its first data summary Wednesday morning and plans to publish them every morning.

CDFA will be hosting a weekly briefing about development finance COVID-19 news and resources. These one-hour phone calls will feature legislative updates, news from our members, state and local financing strategies, and lessons learned from previous development finance responses to disasters.

During the first installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we will explore creative financing efforts being launched to support our local food economies during this time of unprecedented crisis.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, we will explore if the performance of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) is living up to the hype and how SIBs can be used as a powerful tool for community development.

The Community Development Real Estate Analyst (REA) for Invest Atlanta is responsible for providing underwriting, reporting, analysis, and programmatic support to the Director, Underwriting & Transaction Services (the "Director") within Community Development.

NDC is currently looking for an Economic Development Professional to provide project management services for its growing portfolio of Public‐Private Partnership (P3) projects.

This position is for a Lending Officer in the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh's (URA) Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). This position is responsible for assisting the Director of CIE with the execution of URA financing programs and support of the URA's overall business startup, expansion, and attraction strategy.

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This document contains Frequently Asked Questions for the SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) Program.

Created by Business Oregon's finance team, this resource guide is meant to help small businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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