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CU Strategic Planning

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

CDFI

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...

CU Strategic Planning

Jul 23, 20202 min read

CDFI

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

Virtual Town Hall: CUSP to Prep CUs for Potential CDFI Funding

CU Strategic Planning

Mar 24, 20201 min read

CDFI

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

CDFI Credit Unions Have Implemented Strategies to Meet the Financial Needs of Members

CU Strategic Planning

Mar 20, 20202 min read

CDFI

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...

Emergency Appropriations for CDFI and NCUA

CU Strategic Planning

Mar 20, 20202 min read

CDFI

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...

President Trump Starts Budget Process for CDFI and CDRLF

CU Strategic Planning

Feb 10, 20202 min read

CDFI

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...

CDFI Fund Changes Certification Requirements

Jamie Strayer

Sep 13, 20193 min read

CDFI

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...

CU Strategic Planning

May 29, 20191 min read

CDFI

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...

View the Archived Webinar - Secrets to Winning a $1 Million CDFI Grant

Jamie Strayer

May 7, 20191 min read

CDFI

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...

Secrets to Winning a $1 Million CDFI Grant Webinar

Jamie Strayer

Apr 15, 20191 min read

CDFI

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,...

What is the impact of CDFI Certified Credit Unions? $874 Million

Jamie Strayer

Mar 21, 20192 min read

CDFI

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...

How Credit Unions Can Remove the Compliance Burden of CDFI Certification Reporting

CU Strategic Planning

Jun 8, 20182 min read

CDFI

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

CDFI

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...

CU Strategic Planning's Credit Union Advocacy: Letter to Senate Appropriators Requesting Increase

Mike Beall

Mar 13, 20182 min read

Advocacy

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...

CU Strategic Planning Submits Comment Letter to Congress on 2018 CDFI Fund Budget

Mike Beall

Mar 13, 20182 min read

CDFI

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...

CU Strategic Planning Letter to Legislators for Robust Funding of CDFI

Mike Beall

Mar 28, 20172 min read

CDFI

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

CDFI

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

CDFI

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

CDFI

What is a CDFI?

Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are: Are financial institutions dedicated to empowering and protecting working...

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