We welcome Mid-Atlantic States Career & Education Center to the findCRA Network as a new Community Partner. Location: Pennsville, New Jersey Mission: Mid-Atlantic States Career & Education Center’s (MASCEC) mission statement, “We Grow People®”, focuses on building effective community partnerships, improving the health and well being of the individuals and families we serve, […]
CDFI Fund: FY 2016 Funding Round for CDFI Program and NACA Program Opens
Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2016 funding round for the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program). Congress appropriated the CDFI Fund $190.5 million in FY 2016 in […]
findCRA Partners with eHome America to Bring Online Homeownership Education to Bank Partners Nationwide
Louisville, Kentucky – findCRA, a Louisville-based online platform focused on social impact and community reinvestment, announced today that they have partnered with eHome America to expand access to the innovative eHome online services through direct partnership with banks. Launched in 2009, eHome America provides homebuyers with high quality, online homeownership […]
New Community Partner – Wellspring
We welcome Wellspring to the findCRA Network as a new Community Partner. Location: Louisville, Kentucky Mission: Wellspring promotes the recovery of persons with mental illness through leadership in the development of quality housing and rehabilitation services.
ABA: Safe Banking For Seniors Program Launched
New, turnkey curriculum available for America’s hometown banks WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association today launched its Safe Banking for Seniors program with the release of newly created curriculum and other materials. The program, first announced in September 2015, will mobilize bankers across the country to educate older Americans and […]
OCC: Comptroller of the Currency Discusses Revitalizing Communities
LOS ANGELES — Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry today discussed efforts to help revitalize communities and highlighted how community members can voice their concerns. Remarks came during a speech before the 2016 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference. Related Links: Remarks (PDF) Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry
CDFI Fund: Electronic Applications For Capital Magnet Fund Now Available
The electronic application for the fiscal year (FY) 2016 round of the Capital Magnet Fund is now available in the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund)’s Awards Management Information System (AMIS) and in Grants.gov. All applicants must be registered in SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and AMIS to apply for funding. Organizations […]
FDIC: List of Banks Examined For CRA Compliance Released
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in November 2015. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and […]
OCC: CRA Evaluations For 20 National Banks And Savings Associations Released
WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of January 1, 2016 through January 31, 2016. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of […]
CFPB: Steps Taken To Improve Checking Account Access
CFPB Concerned that Screening Inaccuracies and Lack of Account Options are Keeping Consumers Out of the Banking System WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking steps to improve checking account access amidst Bureau concerns that consumers are being sidelined by the lack of account options and […]