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Vanessa Henry
Sep 29, 20202 min read
CU Strategic Planning Clients Win Nearly Half of Credit Union CDFI Award Funds
Twenty-five CU Strategic Planning credit unions received nearly $16.7 million dollars in grants to improve their communities from the US...


CU Strategic Planning
Sep 11, 20202 min read
Self-Help Takes Advantage of CU Strategic Planning’s HERO Training
HERO is a Community Development-Certified Financial Counseling Program The $9.3 billion Self-Help family of credit unions has contracted...


Vanessa Henry
Jul 23, 20202 min read
CU Strategic Planning's Letter to Senate Calls for $1B CDFI Supplemental Appropriation
We encourage leadership to include an appropriation of $1 billion for the Department of Treasury’s CDFI Fund in the Coronavirus stimulus bil


CU Strategic Planning
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Virtual Town Hall: CUSP to Prep CUs for Potential CDFI Funding
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, March 25th at 2:00 pm EST for a town hall meeting on accessing these resources from CDFI and NCUA

CU Strategic Planning
Mar 20, 20202 min read
CDFI Credit Unions Have Implemented Strategies to Meet the Financial Needs of Members
CU STRATEGIC PLANNING RELEASES RESULTS OF CDFI COVID-19 SURVEY CU Strategic Planning, the CDFI thought leader and developer of more than...

Vanessa Henry
Mar 20, 20202 min read
Emergency Appropriations for CDFI and NCUA
The following is a letter sent from CU Strategic Planning to the House and Senate appropriations committees on March 18, 2020, with...


Vanessa Henry
Feb 10, 20202 min read
President Trump Starts Budget Process for CDFI and CDRLF
CU Strategic Planning Confident of Full Funding in 2020 CU Strategic Planning’s Efforts to Educate Congressional Appropriators Have Paved...

Jamie Strayer
Sep 13, 20193 min read
CDFI Fund Changes Certification Requirements
On March 8, 2019, the CDFI Fund issued a Request for Public Comment on the fiscal year (FY) 2020-2022 Community Development Financial...


Vanessa Henry
May 29, 20191 min read
CU Strategic Planning's Jamie Strayer interviewed for CUES Podcast
Jamie had the opportunity to sit down with CUES' James Lenz to discuss CDFI status in their latest podcast. Listen below and you'll learn...


Jamie Strayer
May 7, 20191 min read
View the Archived Webinar - Secrets to Winning a $1 Million CDFI Grant
If you missed the one hour "Secrets to Winning a CDFI Grant" Webinar held on Thursday, May 2, you can still learn the secrets of the #1...


Jamie Strayer
Apr 15, 20191 min read
Secrets to Winning a $1 Million CDFI Grant Webinar
Learn the secrets of the #1 CDFI grant writing team in the credit union industry. Hear directly from Chief Strategic & Advocacy Officer,...


Jamie Strayer
Mar 21, 20192 min read
What is the impact of CDFI Certified Credit Unions? $874 Million
Inspiring trends were presented at CUNA's CDFI Roundtable by Chief Economist, Mike Schenk. CDFI certified credit unions had the direct...


Vanessa Henry
Jun 8, 20182 min read
How Credit Unions Can Remove the Compliance Burden of CDFI Certification Reporting
In 2016 the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) launched a new mandatory Annual Certification Report for all...


Mike Beall
Apr 10, 20182 min read
Congress Agrees to Budget Deal
CU Strategic Planning’s Efforts to Educate Congressional Appropriators Pave Way for Record Funding You only have to scroll to page 476 of...


Mike Beall
Mar 13, 20182 min read
CU Strategic Planning's Credit Union Advocacy: Letter to Senate Appropriators Requesting Increase
The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations 172 Russell Senate...


Mike Beall
Mar 13, 20182 min read
CU Strategic Planning Submits Comment Letter to Congress on 2018 CDFI Fund Budget
The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations 172 Russell Senate...


Mike Beall
Mar 28, 20172 min read
CU Strategic Planning Letter to Legislators for Robust Funding of CDFI
CDFI is an effective federal government agency and important part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that has been a significant partner


Stacy Augustine
Feb 8, 20171 min read
Be Warned!
This a public service announcement. Every year we see it—credit unions that are tricked into paying to renew their governmental...


Jamie Strayer
Jan 30, 20172 min read
What is a CDCU?
“CDCU” is an acronym coined by a trade association serving credit unions called The National Federation of Community Development Credit...

Jamie Strayer
Jan 18, 20173 min read
What is a CDFI?
Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are: Are financial institutions dedicated to empowering and protecting working...
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