This week, the Senate passed the Payment Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act, already passed by the House in May, sending the bill to the president, who is expected to sign it into law. While the act makes necessary improvements to the PPP, more needs to be done to ensure money is going to minority and women-owned businesses and the smallest small businesses.
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Is there a way to close the vast racial startup gap?
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Washington, DC – Today, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) released “Small Business Lending Deserts and Oases,” a breakthrough report on small business lending trends in the United States and disparities in access to credit for small businesses. This is one of the first reports to comprehensively map small business lending “deserts” and small business
Washington, DC — On December 19, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Washington, DC MBDA Business Center, will present its 8th Annual MBDA Business Center Awards. The awards will acknowledge those that have significantly furthered the center’s efforts to increase access to contracting opportunities and financing for minority business enterprises in 2012. The awards reception
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Washington, DC – Today, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) announced that the NCRC Community Development Fund has received certification from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). “We are very excited to receive CDFI certification,” said NCRC President and CEO John Taylor. “This certification will allow NCRC
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New York City, NY — This month, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s (NCRC) New York City Minority Business Center will begin a working collaboration with the National Minority Angel Network (NMAN), a new organization dedicated to fostering investment in minority-led and owned start-up businesses. To kick off this new collaborative initiative to connect minority-led and
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NCRC extends its small business development initiatives to Houston via newly opened Houston Minority Business Enterprise Center Houston, TX— The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) announced today the opening of the Houston Minority Business Enterprise Center (HMBEC). Located downtown in the Houston Technology Center at 410 Pierce Street, the HMBEC will provide training and technical
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NCRC recently launched a Neighborhood Planning and Investment Services (NPIS) through which NCRC will continue to pull from national best practices in community stabilization and reinvestment to develop innovative and practical solutions to the country’s housing and community development challenges. NCRC’s Neighborhood Planning and Investment Services explicitly focuses on: Comprehensive projects that combine the best
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Access Reinforced by Strategy NCRC operates a variety of business development initiatives that support business ownership and entrepreneurship among people of color and women. We provide resources for entrepreneurial initiatives in low and moderate-income communities, working with policymakers and financial institutions to increase small business lending to women, minorities and low- and-moderate-income communities. DC Women’s
