12:18 AM
Julio Barreto
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund is accepting Request for Proposals (RFP) expand technical assistance and training opportunities for community development financial institutions (CDFIs) as part of a new Capacity- Building Initiative to greatly nationwide. This initiative is expected to increase the type of financial products and services to low income communities.
This will make specialized training and technical assistance available throughout the industry and will cover the main issues which affect CDFIs. This includes affordable housing and business lending, portfolio management, risk assessment, foreclosure prevention, training in CDFI business processes, and assistance with liquidity and capitalization challenges. The RFP will cover four key areas;
• CDFI Solutions for Foreclosure Prevention
• CDFI Expansion
• Portfolio Management and Risk Assessment
• Liquidity and Capitalization
The solicitation can be found on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov), the Federal government's information clearinghouse for contract opportunities. The contracts will be awarded this fall and that the technical assistance and training will be available to CDFIs the spring of 2010.
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This will make specialized training and technical assistance available throughout the industry and will cover the main issues which affect CDFIs. This includes affordable housing and business lending, portfolio management, risk assessment, foreclosure prevention, training in CDFI business processes, and assistance with liquidity and capitalization challenges. The RFP will cover four key areas;
• CDFI Solutions for Foreclosure Prevention
• CDFI Expansion
• Portfolio Management and Risk Assessment
• Liquidity and Capitalization
The solicitation can be found on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov), the Federal government's information clearinghouse for contract opportunities. The contracts will be awarded this fall and that the technical assistance and training will be available to CDFIs the spring of 2010.
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