Going to the 2023 OFN Conference? Have a Question for the Fund? Now's Your Chance to Ask!

It’s not every day that hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and mission-driven lenders gather in the CDFI Fund’s neighborhood! We would like to take this opportunity to connect with you at the conference.

Beginning October 16, 2023, members from across the CDFI industry will gather in Washington, DC for the Opportunity Finance Network’s (OFN’s) 2023 Annual Conference.

During the week, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will hold a series of office hours. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with program, compliance, reporting and technology staff to ask questions about compliance and reporting systems, the Awards Management Information System (AMIS), as well as CDFI Fund programs. This is a chance for participants to meet one-on-one with CDFI Fund staff to ask specific questions, or just network.

Please see the CDFI Fund Office Hour schedule below to see those times that specific members of CDFI Fund program teams and service units will be available for discussion. Drop by at any time during the office hours to ask questions— all office hours will take place in the DuPont Room on the Terrace Level at the Washington Hilton.

Monday, October 16

• 10:30 am-12:00 pm: Bank Enterprise Award Program, Small Dollar Loan Program and Bond Guarantee Program
   
• 2:30 pm-4:30 pm: Community Development Financial Institutions Program and Native CDFI Assistance Program 

Tuesday, October 17

• 11:15 am-12:15 pm: Capital Magnet Fund and CDFI Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP)
  (*CDFI ERP staff will be on hand to answer individual questions about Assistance Agreements and award disbursements.)
   
• 2:30 pm-4:30 pm: AMIS User Support
  (*CDFI Fund IT staff will be available to answer AMIS-related questions, such as account creation and maintenance, updating profiles, submitting Service Requests, as well as general AMIS functionality. However, staff will not be able to answer questions about specific program applications.) 

Wednesday, October 18

• 9:15 am-10:45 am: Office of Compliance Management and Evaluation (OCME) 
  (*OCME staff will be on hand to answer questions related to compliance with Assistance Agreements, Material Events, SF-425, Title VI, and other award compliance issues. Please note that OCME staff do NOT manage CDFI Certification activities.)
   
• 10:45 am-12:15 pm: New Markets Tax Credit Program and Financial Strategy and Research (FS&R)
  (*FS&R staff will be available to answer questions related to the current Annual Certification and Data Collection report and Transaction Level Reporting.) 

CDFI Fund staff will also be participating in other events throughout the conference. View OFN’s full agenda for more details and room information.