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Noelle Sheets Named New CDFA Foundation Director
Noelle Sheets, CDFA Senior Director of Development, has been named the Director of the CDFA Foundation. Ms. Sheets is excited to take on this role at the CDFA Foundation and champion positive, equitable, and inclusive involvement within the...
NTIA Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
The TBCP is a federal program that provides grants to eligible tribal entities to expand access to and adoption of broadband service on tribal land and to promote the use of broadband to access remote learning, telework, or telehealth resources.
SSBCI TA Approvals as of November 21, 2023Members only Login
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of 20 additional state awards under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Technical Assistance Grant Program, totaling more than $50.8 million. These awards will be used to...
David Misky Elected Chair of CDFA’s Board of Directors
David Misky has been elected Chair of the CDFA Board of Directors, after serving as Vice Chair since 2022. The announcement was shared at CDFA’s National Development Finance Summit—held November 8-10, 2023 in Philadelphia, PA—where over 300...
Best Practices for Equitable Lending
The 2023 Caren S. Franzini Fellowship class prepared a white paper summarizing their recent research exploring challenges that small businesses face when accessing capital. This paper presents findings on best practices, strategies, and initiatives...
2023 Small Business Capital: A Place-Based Approach
Accelerator for America and the International Economic Development Council present the first segment in a two-part series exploring the needs and opportunities to drive more equitable entrepreneurship and small business growth in communities across...
First Half of 2023: Ohio Industrial Project Surge
Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority stated that despite stubborn inflation and labor shortages, development continues at a steady pace throughout central Ohio. Deals they closed will help finance a variety of infrastructure projects, and they...
2023 Rural Development Finance Toolkit
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide an overview of the tools in the development finance toolbox -- such as bonds, tax increment finance, tax credits, and revolving loan funds -- and how they can direct
and attract capital to rural businesses...