The FEF empowers NCRC members to level up established service lines through a catalytic injection of grant funding. Grantees may receive up to $200,000 in grant funding to implement their FEF project over a 18-month performance period.[Apply Now]
2025 Just Economy Conference Session Proposals Due Today
By NCRC
Your 2025 Just Economy Conference session ideas are due todayFriday, September 13. What do you want to talk about? What's a pressing issue in your community? We want to know! [Submit Now]
HUD-Certified Housing Counselors Scholarship Application To Attend NCRC’s Just Economy: Detroit Due Today
By NCRC
HUD-certified housing counselors are eligible for scholarships to attend the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’sJust Economy: Detroit summit on September 24. [Apply Now]
Views
Recession Watch? September 2024 Race, Jobs and the Economy Update
By Joseph Dean
The biggest labor market news of August was the massive downward revision of job gains in 2023. News of the revision caused stock prices to fall and placed greater scrutiny on the August jobs report. [Read more]
News
NCRC Launches Health Equity Investments Office Hours
By NCRC
Once a month, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will hold Health Equity Investments Office Hours, a new series of live open discussions hosted by NCRC Director of Health Equity and Impact Devin Thompson. [Read more]
NCRC’s Van Tol On Section 1071 Ruling: Common Sense Prevails Over Frivolous Greed
By NCRC
It’s always a good day when common sense and clear law prevail over the frivolity, greed and cynicism of corporate lobbyists. Next up: The bank lobby’s equally absurd and dishonest attempt to trick courts into derailing the Community Reinvestment Act. That selfish and dishonest attempt to sabotage economic growth in marginalized communities should meet the same fate as this failed attack on basic fairness in small business lending. [Read more]
Videos
Winning Strategies For CDFIs In Special Purpose Credit Programs
By NCRC
Join NCRC for Just Economy Conversations, a series of online discussions addressing America’s racial and socio-economic divides. Experts from NCRC and our network will share ideas and strategies to make a Just Economy a national priority and a local reality. The first in the series, “Winning Strategies for CDFIs in Special Purpose Credit Programs,” explored how SPCPs effectively address lending disparities. [Read more]
Your Membership, Your Benefits: A Closer Look at NCRC Membership, August 2024
By NCRC
Join us to learn what resources, services, content and networking opportunities your membership includes and how being a NCRC member can help you in your fight for a #JustEconomy. NCRC staff share tips for making the most of your membership and walk through NCRC’s newest member features. [Read more]
Events
Becoming A HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency: Part 1
September 16, 2 - 3:30 pm ET
Thinking about becoming a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency? This training will guide you through the key steps and considerations, from choosing the right HUD designation to crafting a solid Work Plan. Learn about the commitment involved, eligibility criteria and strategies for a successful application. By the end of the session, you'll have a clear roadmap. [Register Here]
Health Equity Investments Office Hours
September 17 , 1 - 2 pm ET
Join NCRC's Director of Health Equity and Impact Devin Thompson for one hour every month for Health Equity Investments Office Hours. A deep dive into a different topic each month focused on the intersections of community-led development, health justice and investor accountability. Hear about work that’s emerging from other cities, share your projects or learn. [Register Here]
In The News
The Paradox Of Progress For Black Americans
By Algernon Austin and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, CounterPunch
As the Institute for Policy Studies and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found in their 2023 “Still A Dream” report, the nation is still moving at a glacial pace when it comes to bridging Black/white economic inequality. If the country continues at the rate it’s been moving since the 1960s, it will take over 500 years to bridge the racial income gap — and nearly 800 years to bridge the racial wealth gap. [Read More]
On Our Radar
New Jersey Towns File Lawsuit Seeking To Overturn State’s Affordable Housing Law
By Mike Hayes, Gothamist
In New Jersey, a unique, decades-old mandate known as the Mount Laurel Doctrine, requires most New Jersey towns to contribute their “fair share” of affordable housing development. Going back more than 40 years, the Mount Laurel Doctrine has generated more than 50,000 affordable units across the state. [Read More]
NBT To Keep Evans Branch Offices After $236 Million Merger
By Jim Dobbs, American Banker
NBT said the combined organization would have the highest deposit market share in upstate New York for any bank with assets under $100 billion and would create a network of more than 170 locations from Buffalo to Portland, Maine. [Read More]
Resources
Work And Meet At The Just Economy Club It's aDC hubfor nonprofits and the social sector, around the corner from the White House. Move your team into a private office or host your meetings and events or hang out in the lounge. [Read more]
Learning & Training Hub Register for NCRC's catalog of professional development courses for community development leaders. [Learn more]
Research And Reports We have an extensive library of research and reports that dates back many years! [View all]
Sign And Share The Just Economy Pledge America should not only promise but deliver to all Americans opportunities to build wealth and live well. Sign and share the pledge to help us expand the movement for a Just Economy. [Sign and Share]
Fair Lending Tool Use our interactive tool to produce a report on mortgages, small business lending and bank branch networks for any city, county or metro area in the nation. [Access the tool here]
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