NCN Live: Input Needed on CDFI/NACA FY 2023-2025 Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance Applications

On May 2nd at 2 p.m. ET, NCN hosts Treasury’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Economic Development (OCED) Noel Andrés Poyo and Lisa Wagner of Bluestem Consulting. Part I: Noel Poyo will share information about Treasury’s work related to Native CDFIs and Native communities. He will then remain on the webinar to listen to a…

More Than 60 Native CDFIs, Prominent National Organizations Sign on to NCN Letter Requesting $50 Million for NACA Program

The Native CDFI Network (NCN) sent a letter to Congressional leadership requesting a $50 million appropriation for the CDFI Fund’s Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program for FY 2024. Featuring a total of 65 organizational co-signatories, the letter requests this increased funding amount for FY 2024 based on the considerable unmet capital needs of Native…

NCN Invites Native CDFIs and Other Key Stakeholder Organizations to Join Letter Requesting $50 Million from Congress for NACA Program for FY 2024

The Native CDFI Network (NCN) invites all Native CDFIs and other key Indian Country stakeholder organizations to join its letter formally requesting that Congress appropriate $50 million for the Native American CDFI Assistance Program for Fiscal Year 2024. NCN is requested this increased funding amount for FY 2024 based on the considerable unmet capital needs of…

NCN News for April 17, 2023

Native CDFIs Receive $47.5 Million Capital Infusion Through CDFI Fund’s Equitable Recovery Program Last week, the Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund announced awards totaling $1.7 billion to more than 600 Treasury-certified CDFIs through its Equitable Recovery Program (ERP), the largest grant program in the agency’s history. The long-awaited announcement included welcome news for Indian…