The Michigan Economic Developer's Association recently released this 2012 Whitepaper on Economic Development. The report covers various opportunities in Michigan, including workforce development, access to capital, and infrastructure.

Advantage Illinois' application for Invest Illinois Venture Fund through Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

Toby Rittner, President & CEO Council of Development Finance Agencies, discusses CDFA, development finance trends, best practices, case studies, and a wide variety of development finance programs.

The fourth meeting of the CDFA 2012 SSBCI Webinar Series opened by addressing new information about the regulation, administration, and performance of the SSBCI. Topics include any newly-released FAQs, an overview of important issues discussed at...

Michigan's 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund 2011 Annual Report, covering all of the state's access to capital programs.

Eric Cromwell and Dan Schmisseur of Cromwell Schmisseur LLC present this overview of state venture capital programs, particularly those supported by the State Small Business Credit Initiative.

This handbook from the California Financial Opportunities Roundtable covers a wide range of access to capital-related programs and services available throughout the state, including loan programs, bonds, innovation finance.

This is the video of the August 2012 session of the CDFA SSBCI Webinar Series. The Treasury Department covered program performance and recent regulatory concerns and answered questions from the audience.

Robert Heard of Cimarron Capital Partners provides this overview of state programs to support angel, seed, and venture capital.

Stephen Auvil of Maryland Technology Development Corporation reviews the entity's programs to support innovation throughout the state.

This presentation by Gregory Cole of Maryland Dept. of Business and Economic Development covers business loans, investment funds, and tax-exempt bonds provided by the Department.

This presentation from Iowa Economic Development Authority reviews the state's diverse set of small business lending support programs, including a CAP, loan participation, and seed investments.

This four-page guide from the Ohio Department of Development and JobsOhio provides a description of every economic development finance tool available at the state level.

This presentation from the Washington Dept. of Commerce covers the state's Craft3, W Fund, and Capital Access Program, which are all supported by the State Small Business Credit Initiative.

This report from the Michigan Venture Capital Association covers the angel and venture capital activity in the state for 2011, including funds and investments supported by state and local development organizations.

The 49th State Angel Fund, created through the Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative, supports early stage businesses in Anchorage.

This document from Enterprise Florida, Inc. overviews the agency's access to capital programs, which include loan guarantees, loan participation, bond finance, innovation finance initiatives, and more.

The North Carolina Dept. of Commerce revised its State Small Business Credit Initiative programs in 2012 to add a loan participation program and fund-of-funds to an existing capital access program. This is the revised application and cover letter...

This presentation from Joseph Edgar of the Texas Dept. of Agriculture reviews the state's Jobs for Texas venture capital program, which was established through the U.S. Dept. of Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative.

This letter from the U.S. Dept. of Treasury to the North Carolina Dept. of Commerce addresses the state's change in State Small Business Credit Initiative Programs and provides a modified allocation agreement for the program funds.

This is the investment portfolio for Michigan's 21st Century Jobs Fund, which is a program of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The portfolio provides a brief overview of the fund and more detailed descriptions of invested companies.

Lisa Delp of the Ohio Third Frontier Commission provides an overview of the entity's operations to support technology and early-stage companies in Ohio. The Ohio Third Frontier received funding through the Treasury's SSBCI.

Eric Cromwell of Cromwell Schmisseur provided these best principles for state venture capital programs and warnings against easy pitfalls in operating state equity programs.

A number of trends in access to capital programs, including the State Small Business Credit Initiative and state venture capital programs, are discussed in this article by Jason Rittenberg for Development Finance Perspectives, Issue 1 | 2012.

These program guidelines from the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation cover the state's INCITE Co-Investment Fund, which is a self-sustaining fund expanding access to capital for seed-, early-, and expansion-stage companies.

Pennsylvania Community and Economic Development Commission describes the different programs that will use federal SSBCI funds. These include a variety of pre-existing revolving loan funds and venture capital programs.

Tom McGrath of the New York State Office of the Comptroller covers the state's investment programs, which include mandates for cleantech and in-state businesses, in this presentation.

Lewis Milford, Mark Muro, Jessica Morey, Devashree Saha, and Mark Sinclair authored this report for the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation. The report focuses on state clean energy funds: what they are, how they are...

This report by SSTI reviews legislative actions affecting technology development and financing taken by the states during 2011. State agency restructuring, tax incentives, loan programs, and related developments are covered.

This is the application form for the Arkansas Risk Capital Matching Fund. This program targets early-stage technology companies and uses SSBCI funding.

This factsheet describes the Illinois Advantage Venture Fund. This fund is financed through the federal SSBCI program.

This is the solicitation by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for bids to operate their state-wide venture capital fund which is financed through the federal SSBCI program.

This report from the Center for Entrepreneurship at the OSU Fisher College of Business tracks, in partnership with state and regional partners, venture capital investment activity in the state of Ohio.

This presentation from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation covers the agency's loan programs, including the Capital Access Program, Loan Participation Program, Collateral Support Program, and more. Program parameters and case studies are...

This presentation by Stanley Luboff from the State of Illinois discusses the four State Small Business Credit Initiative programs approved in the state: a capital access program, collateral support program, participation loan program, and venture...

This flyer from the State of Illinois overviews the four State Small Business Credit Initiative programs approved in the state: a capital access program, collateral support program, participation loan program, and venture capital fund.

Ohio bioscience, which is supported by federal programs, the Ohio Third Frontier, and private investment, grew significantly in 2010, according to this report published by BioOhio.

The Memphis Research Consortium produced this brochure overviewing the organization, which uses state (and now Treasury SSBCI) funds to encourage innovation, investment, research, and economic development. Items in the publication include...

CDFA has created a portal for information, resources, and headlines related to the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative. The portal provides an overview of the federal program, lists funded state programs, and provides...

This article from the Orlando Business Journal covers Florida's plans for the funding the state received through the U.S. Dept. of Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative. A new capital access program, loan support program, and venture...

The U.S. Dept. of the Treasury created this program profile to review the structure of a state sponsored venture capital program. Although the document was created with the State Small Business Credit Initiative in mind, the structural discussion is...

This program overview for the Maryland Venture Fund covers the requirements for challenge investments and the enterprise investment fund. The programs were approved for funding through the Treasury's State Small Business Credit Initiative.

This service description for the Kansas Capital Multiplier Venture Fund was created by Network Kansas, the program administrator. This state-sponsored venture capital fund was approved by the U.S. Dept. of Treasury for funding through SSBCI.

The Hawaii Venture Capital Investment Program utilizes a fund of funds approach and is operated by the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation. This overview presentation describes the model in detail. The program was approved by the U.S. Dept. of...

This FAQ sheet from the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation offers a quick review of the SSBCI program and the Hawaii Venture Capital Fund of Funds Investment Program the state has selected for its federal funding.

A critical component of the development finance toolbox, innovation finance provides access to capital for entrepreneurs, new technology ventures, and emerging small businesses. Written by Katie Kramer, CDFA Director of Education & Programs, this...

This document from IN's approved State Small Business Credit Initiative application provides an overview of the state's 21st Century Research & Technology Fund. This attachment describes the fund, which includes several individual programs, and...

The U.S. Dept. of Treasury approved IN for State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding. This completed SSBCI application describes the approved capital access program and state venture capital program. This is the main portion of the...

The document is the final annual reporting template from the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury for states to use when submitting loan and investment information for the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The Excel file includes tabs for...

This is the complete State Small Business Credit Initiative application for the state of Maryland. The approved application covers four programs and allows the state to leverage a variety of access to capital tools, including loan guarantees,...