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With all the attention currently focused on Opportunity Zones by government officials, the private sector, and the press, it can be difficult…

On April 3, the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held a hearing entitled “Reauthorization of the SBA’s Access to Capital Programs”…

On April 10, CDFI Fund Director Jodie Harris testified at the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Hearing entitled, “Building Out Indian Country:…

See below for key updates from the CDFI Fund: ​Apply Now: FY 2019 Funding Round for CDFI Program and NACA Program Open…

Spring has arrived in Washington DC, and that means appropriations season is heating up on Capitol Hill. With the recent release of…

OFN continues to pursue federal regulations to make the opportunity zone provision as effective as possible and to reduce the likelihood of…

On March 27, Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen and expand the direct services of…

On March 7 during a hearing entitled “Small but Mighty: A Review of the SBA Microloan Program,” a panel of lenders, entrepreneurs,…

On February 26, four CDFI leaders from around the United States met at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., to…