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July 23, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: MiLEAP Fund Provides Essential Equipment, Upgrades for Child Care Facilities
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July 15, 2024
NeighborWorks Capital: Industry Leaders Come Together to Ensure Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds (GGRF) Reach Underinvested Communities
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July 11, 2024
Regions Bank: ‘Small Dollars, Huge Impact’
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July 11, 2024
Crain’s Detroit Business: Detroit Seeks Developer for Neighborhood Center Near Michigan Central
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July 10, 2024
Michigan Business Network: Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Gov. Whitmer Announces MSF Support for Increased Housing in Detroit and Pontiac
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July 10, 2024
Weekly Citizen: Celebrating Community Champions – LISC Chicago Announces Winners of the 30th Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
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July 09, 2024
City of Chicago: Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces Major Accomplishments Since Launch of Cut the Tape Initiative
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July 08, 2024
Newcity: Chicago Cultural Treasures Receives $3 Million Funding
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July 08, 2024
Outlier Media: Hope Starts Here – Detroit’s Children Enriched by Network of Resource Groups Addressing Community-Identified Goals
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July 01, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: Childcare Facility Financing – Perspectives from Three Decades of Supporting Childcare Centers
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July 01, 2024
IFF Announces Second Round of Funding, Additional $3 Million Awarded to Chicago’s Cultural Treasures Grantees
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June 27, 2024
U.S. Department of Commerce: Convening Private Sector, Non-Profit and Philanthropic Leaders for First-of-Its-Kind National Child Care Innovation Summit
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June 25, 2024
Michigan Business Network: MEDC And MI CDFI Coalition Connect Underserved Borrowers To $19 Million In Funding
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June 25, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Repurposing Community Assets Strengthens Communities in Pontiac and Detroit
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June 20, 2024
Press Release: CDFI Industry Veteran, Rodrigo Vela, Joins IFF as New Chief Financial Officer
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May 20, 2024
The Chicago Community Trust: CDFIs Bring Development to Disinvested Communities
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May 14, 2024
Crain’s Chicago Business: North Lawndale Getting New Factory-Built Affordable Homes
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May 13, 2024
JPMorgan Chase: Quality Child Care Anchors Detroit Community
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May 10, 2024
Chicago Defender: Pullman and Roseland Communities Celebrate Latest Milestone in their Revitalization
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May 09, 2024
Michigan Chronicle: Michigan’s $59 Million Investment Paid for Expansions, Upgrades, and Renovations at 1,100 Childcare Facilities
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May 09, 2024
KSHB-TV: Transforming Empty KCPS DeLano School Into Teen Homeless Shelter
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May 08, 2024
Sawyer County Record: IFF Client Receives Deal of the Year Award for New $42 Million Health Center
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May 08, 2024
Michigan Department of Lifelong Learning, Achievement, and Potential Press Release: MiLEAP Announces $59 Million Investment to Expand and Improve 1,100+ Child Care Facilities Across Michigan
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May 03, 2024
Traverse City Record-Eagle: Goodwill, City Team Up On Housing Plan for Chronically Homeless
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May 02, 2024
W.K. Kellogg Foundation: IFF Research Study Highlights Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care in Kent County, Michigan
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May 02, 2024
Kansas City Business Journal: PACE KC Adult Wellness Center Receives Award for Community Impact
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May 01, 2024
WOOD-TV: Hispanic Center Expanding with Purchase of Former Church
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May 01, 2024
Indian Gaming Magazine: IFF Borrower, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Awarded for New Community Health Center
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April 30, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Buys Former Church for Expansion Plan
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April 25, 2024
Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave: Battle Creek’s Early Childhood Education Poised to Flourish — And Save a Church at the Same Time
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