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9/17/2021

U.S. Treasury Announces FY 2021 CDFI Program and NACA Program Technical Assistance Awards | U.S. Department of…

U.S. Treasury Announces FY 2021 CDFI Program and NACA
Program Technical Assistance Awards
September 16, 2021

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 191 organizations more than $24.1 million in awards
today. The fiscal year (FY) 2021 Community Development Financial Institutions Program
(CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) Technical
Assistance Awards will allow Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)
and emerging CDFIs to build their capacity to provide services to low-income and
underserved people and communities across America.
“CDFI Fund’s Technical Assistance Awards play a vital role in building the capacity of startup
and existing CDFIs and, ultimately, increase the impact of the capital and credit they deploy
in distressed and underserved communities,” said CDFI Fund Director Jodie Harris. “The FY
2021 CDFI Program and NACA Program Technical Assistance recipients will continue that
work in communities across the country, including 39 states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico.”
More information about the CDFI Program and NACA Program Technical Assistance Awards is
below.

F Y 2021 CDF I PROGRAM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AW ARDS
The CDFI Program invests in and builds the capacity of CDFIs to serve low-income people
and underserved communities lacking adequate access to a ordable financial products and
services. Technical Assistance awards provide seed capital that enables uncertified
organizations to successfully secure certification as a CDFI. Award Recipients o en use the
funds to analyze which products and services are appropriate for their target markets,
develop lending policies and procedures, and build sta lending capacity. More established
CDFIs also use Technical Assistance awards to provide new products, to serve current target
markets in new ways, or to enhance the e iciency of their operations.

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U.S. Treasury Announces FY 2021 CDFI Program and NACA Program Technical Assistance Awards | U.S. Department of…

For FY 2021, 174 organizations received more than $21.6 million in CDFI Program Technical
Assistance Awards. The maximum award amount available was $125,000. A full list of the
award recipients can be found below.

F Y 2021 NACA PROGRAM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AW ARDS
The NACA Program facilitates the creation and advancement of Native CDFIs. Organizations
funded through the NACA Program serve a wide range of Native American, Alaska Native, and
Native Hawaiian communities, and reflect a diversity of institutions in various stages of
development, including: organizations in the early planning stages of CDFI formation; tribal
entities working to certify an existing lending program; and established Native CDFIs in need
of further capacity building assistance.
For FY 2021, 17 organizations received $2.5 million in NACA Program Technical Assistance
Awards. The maximum award amount available was $150,000. A full list of the award
recipients can be found below.
The CDFI Fund also provides Financial Assistance Awards through the CDFI Program and
NACA Program to further expand and support the financing activities of CDFIs. The CDFI Fund
anticipates announcing the FY 2021 Financial Assistance Awards later in calendar year 2021.
To learn more about the CDFI Fund and its programs, please visit www.cdfifund.gov.
Additional information about the CDFI Program is available at www.cdfifund.gov/cdfi, and the
NACA Program at www.cdfifund.gov/native.

RELATED MATERIALS
List of FY 2021 CDFI Program and NACA Program Technical Assistance Award Recipients
FY 2021 Technical Assistance Awards Evaluation Process

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