HUD: $100 Million in CARES Act Funding Provided to Native American Tribes to Support Coronavirus Recovery Efforts
Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced that HUD has awarded a total of $100 million to Tribes across the Nation as part of HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat program (ICDBG-CARES). This funding helps address problems that pose an imminent threat to public health or…
FDIC: CRA Examination Schedules for Fourth Quarter 2020 and First Quarter 2021 Issued
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued the lists of institutions scheduled for a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination during the fourth quarter 2020 and first quarter 2021. CRA regulations require each federal bank and thrift regulator to publish its quarterly CRA examination schedule at least 30 days before the beginning of each quarter. …
CFPB: New Report Examines Early Impact of Pandemic on Consumer Credit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a report today examining the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer credit. The report found that consumers have not experienced significant increases in delinquency or other negative credit outcomes as reported in credit record data following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States….
EDA: Over $82 Million in CARES Act Funding Invested to Support Recovery from Coronavirus Pandemic
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development (EDA) administration has awarded over $10 Million in CARES Act Funding to support economic development and economic recovery in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Investments include: August 28, 2020 – U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $13 Million in CARES Act Funding to Capitalize Revolving Loan Funds to Help Small…
EDA: $1.2 Million Invested to Establish New Business Park in Richfield, NY
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the County of Otsego Industrial Development Agency, Oneonta, New York, to establish the Richfield Springs Eco-Industrial Business Park. The EDA grant, to be matched with $325,000 in state funds and $875,000 in local…
OCC: Acting Comptroller Hosts Access to Capital Forum in Denver to Highlight CRA Activities
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks today hosted an “Access to Capital Forum” in Denver to promote investment and lending in underserved areas and to highlight activities supported by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) new Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule. “Today, we brought together bankers, community developers, and advocates to…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Laura from Aug. 22 to Aug. 27, 2020. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis…
EDA: U.S. Department of Commerce Kicks Off STEM Talent Challenge, Strengthening Regional Innovation Economies
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the opening of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) STEM Talent Challenge, which aims to support organizations’ efforts to boost local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent and workforce development models across the nation’s growing innovation economies. The $2 million STEM Talent Challenge will provide funding to…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Disaster Declaration for Arkansas
FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Arkansas to supplement state and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Laura beginning Aug. 26, 2020, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating…
Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 2 Weekly Data Release
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began Aug. 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first phase of the survey, as well as…