Capacity Building Initiative Benefits
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OPENING DATE
June 1, 2015
DEADLINE
June 10, 2015
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE
June 1, 2015
OVERVIEW
Capacity building, or increasing an organization's ability to operate effectively, is critical to the success of community-based lenders and the people who depend on them. The CDFI Fund's Capacity Building Initiative offers a variety of training and direct technical assistance opportunities to CDFIs looking to strengthen their organizations and, ultimately, serve distressed communities in new and innovative ways.
The training programs offered through the Capacity Building Initiative target key issues affecting CDFIs and support the development of tailored capacity building plans to meet the unique needs of individual organizations.
With these education and support tools, the CDFI Fund is building the capacity of CDFIs, empowering them to grow, to achieve organizational sustainability, and to contribute to the revitalization of their communities. This translates into real change for communities in need.
Current Training Series:
Below is a list of the current training series offered through the Capacity Building Initiative. Click on the name of a training series to learn more about the assistance being provided, eligibility factors, upcoming events, registration information, and to access supplementary training documents in the Resource Bank.
_Building Native CDFIs’ Sustainability and Impact
The Building Native CDFIs’ Sustainability and Impact series provides a wide range of training, technical assistance, and peer-learning opportunities designed to meet the unique needs of Native American, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian CDFIs at all stages of growth.
Expanding CDFI Coverage in Underserved Areas
The Expanding CDFI Coverage in Underserved Areas series provides specialized training and technical assistance to Certified and Emerging CDFIs to extend their reach into underserved communities currently lacking a CDFI presence.
Financing Community Health Centers
The Financing Community Health Centers series provides in-person and online training aimed at allowing CDFIs to more efficiently and effectively serve community health centers. Topics include health care sector trends, underwriting, program designs for lending to community health centers, and other relevant industry issues.
The Leadership Journey II: Continuing Native CDFI Growth and Excellence
The Leadership Journey II: Continuing Native CDFI Growth and Excellence series builds upon the success of our first Leadership Journey training series. This highly collaborative series provides training, technical assistance, executive coaching, and peer mentoring to give Native CDFI leaders the forum, tools, and resources needed to identify and address the critical challenges of their organizations.
Upcoming Workshops and Webinars
CDFI Capitalization Workshop 1
January 22, 2015
San Diego, California
Learn more and register
Resource Banks
As part of the Capacity Building Initiative, the CDFI Fund hosts Resource Banks that contain training materials, reference documents, and archived webinars, as well as links to relevant outside information. Organized around key focus areas such as microfinance and capitalization, the CDFI Fund makes it easy for CDFIs to access the wealth of resources available to them.
