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CDFA Winter Institute

February 23-27, 2026

Daily: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

CDFA Winter Institute is a week long virtual series of courses presented by the CDFA Training Institute. These courses qualify for the CDFA Training Institute's Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) Program. Participants may register for up to five courses during this event.

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Featured State Resources

SSBCI TA Approvals as of November 21, 2023 Members only

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of 20 additional state awards under the State Small Business Credit...

State Tax Incentive Evaluations Database - National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)Members only

Economic Development | Incentives | State Finance Program | Tax Credits

States across the country are starting to gather data and use evidence to systematically evaluate tax incentives. To illustrate...

State Small Business Credit Initiative - Interactive Tool

Access to Capital | Community Development | Disaster Recovery & Relief | Economic Development | U.S. Dept. of Treasury

This interactive data tool from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows total SSBCI investments, percent of investments in...

State Tax and Economic Review, 2020 Quarter 2 Members only

Disaster Recovery & Relief | Economic Development

States saw steep declines in revenues in the second quarter of 2020, though some of this was caused by shifting revenues into the...

CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Bond Financing for Disaster Response Members only

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, we looked at how bonds act as a resilient...

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Louisiana Development Finance Headlines

DEI Challenge Hits State Small Business Credit Initiative, Threatens Funding Opportunities
JacksonLewis | Dec. 16, 2025 | State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)

Bond Commission to Take Up New Orleans’ Request to Sell Emergency Bonds
Fox 8 | Nov. 11, 2025 | Bond Finance

Landry Urges Rejection of State Bond to Bail out New Orleans, Begins Potential Fiscal Takeover
Louisiana Illuminator | Oct. 28, 2025 | Bond Finance | Local Finance Program

City of Slidell Receives $870K in Principal Forgiveness for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements
My Slidell | Oct. 10, 2025 | Infrastructure Finance | Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) | Water Finance

How Louisiana Economic Development is Helping Black Businesses Grow, Scale, and Thrive
Essence | Sep. 2, 2025 | Community Development | State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)

STartUP Northshore Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary with Milestone Achievements
AN17 | Aug. 24, 2025 | Economic Development | State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)

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Featured State Programs

Advantage Program

Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) | Access to Capital

Angel Investor Tax Credit

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) | Tax Credits

Louisiana's Angel Investor Tax Credit (AITC) encourages accredited investors to invest in early stage, small wealth-creating Louisiana businesses that seek startup and expansion capital.

Bonding Assistance Program

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) | Bond Finance

Louisiana Economic Development’s Bonding Assistance Program provides access to quality bid, payment and performance bonds at reasonable rates from surety companies when bonding capacity is needed on public or private jobs.

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