Events

CDFI Fund: Registration Open for FY 2017 Capital Magnet Fund In-Person Application Workshops

Registration is now open to attend in-person application workshops for the fiscal year (FY) 2017 application round of the Capital Magnet Fund. Two in-person workshops—a morning session and an afternoon session—will be held at the CDFI Fund’s offices in Washington, D.C. on July 26, 2017. The same information will be covered during each workshop session….

SBA: Ignite Tour Blazes Across the Country

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Administrator Linda McMahon, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, today announced the SBA Ignite Tour—a national outreach campaign aimed at fueling small businesses with tools and resources to grow their companies and create more American jobs. McMahon will tour more than 60 cities in two years. Throughout the tour McMahon…

CDFI Fund: Call for Community and Economic Development Practioners

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is issuing a call for well-qualified persons to serve as application reviewers for the 2017 application round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). The CDFI Fund has contracted with F2 Solutions to recruit reviewers. Recruitment will be conducted by F2 Solutions on a rolling…

OCC: Agency to Hold Innovation Office Hours in New York

WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced its Office of Innovation will host Office Hours for national banks, federal savings associations, and financial technology companies (fintech companies), July 24-26, at the OCC’s district office in New York City. Office Hours provide an opportunity for meetings with OCC officials to discuss…

HUD: June is National Healthy Homes Month

WASHINGTON – In an effort to help families keep their kids healthy and to reinforce the connection between a family’s health and their home, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is kicking off the second annual National Healthy Homes Month. Throughout the month, the goal is to raise awareness for what makes…

SBA: Veterans Small Business Advisory Committees to Host Public Meetings June 7th and 8th

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (IATF) and Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA) will hold their second public meetings of 2017 on June 7 and 8 at SBA headquarters in Washington, D.C. “These meetings are critical in helping us understand veterans’ workforce opportunities and…

HUD: National Homeownership Month Kicks Off

WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration proclaimed June as National Homeownership Month, a time to reflect upon the impact owning a home has on household wealth, neighborhood stability and the nation’s broader economic health. The theme of National Homeownership Month 2017 is “Find Your Place in a New Era of Homeownership.”  Read the President’s Homeownership Month Proclamation….

SBA: SBA Administrator to Deliver Keynote Address at International Entrepreneurship Summit in New York

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Administrator Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will deliver the keynote address at the first-ever Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Knowledge Summit Thursday, May 11 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The MSME Knowledge Summit is organized by the International Council of Small Businesses, a…

SBA: Competition for Organizations Providing Federal Procurement Training to Veteran Entrepreneurs Announced

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program (VFPETP-2017-01) funding opportunity competition.  The funding will be given to a U.S.-based organization to expand an existing program providing federal procurement entrepreneurship training to veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, while building the capacity of VOSBs and SDVOSBs…