Q3 Update: The Work Continues
Elections bring new officials and new priorities. For Native CDFIs, the work of expanding access to capital continues.
In this episode of Difference Makers 3.0, host Brian Edwards talks with Native CDFI Network CEO Pete Upton and policy consultant Ian Record about NCN’s third-quarter advocacy and the policy outlook heading into 2027.
Record reviews efforts to get federal funding to Native lenders, respond to proposed federal grant rules and protect incentives for bank investment under the Community Reinvestment Act. He also discusses the AFFORD Act and a push to make a Native CDFI home…
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