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CDFA Collaborated with Bricker Graydon on Targeted Tools Webinar Series
CDFA | Nov. 26, 2024 | Access to Capital | Development Finance Toolbox | Webcasts

Congratulations to 13 New DFCP Graduates!
CDFA | Nov. 26, 2024 | Development Finance Toolbox | Member News

Financing Tools and Incentives for Developers in Missing Middle Housing

Most low- to moderate-income households in North America must contend with the critical shortage in medium-density housing. Since the mid-1940s, American cities have been emblematic of low- and high-density developments with little in-between. The...

Finance for Resilience: An Overview of Risk Mitigation in Agricultural Systems for Farms, Lenders, and Governments Members only

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This report, developed by the Croatan Institute in collaboration with the Meridian Institute, explores major on-farm, off-farm, and systemic risks that the agricultural industry faces and how finance can increase the resilience of those systems...

Announcing Active Lending Through the CDFA Equitable Capital Loan Guarantee Program

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is excited to announce that the Tucson Industrial Development Authority and the Development Finance Agency of Summit County, have begun active lending within the CDFA Equitable Capital Loan...

SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant Program Reporting Guidelines Members only

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Access to Capital | Development Finance Toolbox | Economic Development | State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) | U.S. Dept. of Treasury

The U.S. Department of the Treasury released the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Technical Assistance (TA) Grant Program Reporting Guidelines. This guidance details the reporting and document-retention requirements for jurisdictions...

State Small Business Credit Initiative Fact Sheet Members only

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury updated the Fact Sheet for the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The updated sheet includes information about program design, implementation status, and capital program spotlights.

Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) Study Pack

For those working through the Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) Program, the DFCP Study Pack contains all of the reference guides needed to prepare for the final comprehensive exam. This complete set can be used as a study guide...

Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance 2nd Edition

The Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance is the only comprehensive resource dedicated to building and utilizing the development finance toolbox. The Practitioner's Guide provides the insight and practical information needed to...

Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance 3rd Edition

The Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance is the only comprehensive resource dedicated to building and utilizing the development finance toolbox. The Practitioner's Guide provides the insight and practical information needed to...

Unlocking Capital: A Handbook for Becoming a High Performing Development Finance Agency

Unlocking Capital: A Handbook for Becoming a High Performing Development Finance Agency (Handbook) serves as a companion to the Practitioner’s Guide to help illuminate the structures of development finance agencies (DFAs), essential conduits to...