On Thursday, May 19, 2022, NCN hosted Chris Wendel, Program Manager of Initiate, Northern Initiatives’ online portal of small business resources, and Jessa Armstrong, Customer Success Manager of Northern Initiatives. Initiate is an online collection of best practice...

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Breaking News: CDFI Fund Opens Application Period for Small Dollar Loan Program Funding
CDFI Fund Opens Application Period for Small Dollar Loan Program Funding - Native CDFIs Encouraged to Apply! Up to $11.1 Million Available for Loan Loss Reserves and Technical Assistance WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development...
NCN This Week: May 16, 2022
Department of the Interior Releases Investigative Report, Outlines Next Steps in Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative On Wednesday, May 11, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland released Volume 1 of...
NCN Hosts Webinar to Discuss CDFI Fund’s Small Dollar Loan Program
On Friday, May 13, 2022, NCN hosted Small Dollar Loan (SDL) Program Manager, Tanya McInnis, and SDL Senior Manager and Program Analyst, Julie Sandler, along with Sequoyah Fund Executive Director Russ Seagle (SDL Program participant). The Program, which provides grants...
NCN This Week: May 9, 2022
Upcoming NCN Webinars: The CDFI Fund's Small Dollar Loan Program Friday, May 13, 2:00 p.m. EDT Join SDL Program Manager Tanya McInnis and Sequoyah Fund Executive Director Russ Seagle as they share about the SDL Program. The Program, which was created to encourage...
NCN Hosts Webinar featuring Russ Seagle
On Friday, April 29, 2022, NCN hosted Russ Seagle, Executive Director of The Sequoyah Fund, Inc., located in Cherokee, NC. Seagle shared information about Tactix, a new mobile app and online learning community that offers a space for small business owners to access...
NCN to Host Webinar Featuring Russ Seagle
TACTIX: An Online Learning Community for Native Entrepreneurs PRESENTER: Russ Seagle Executive Director, The Sequoyah Fund, Inc. Russ Seagle is the Executive Director of The Sequoyah Fund, Inc., located in Cherokee, NC. The Sequoyah Fund offers commercial...
U.S. Treasury Department Extends SSBCI Application Deadlines
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury is extending the deadline for Tribal governments to initiate and submit their complete SSBCI Capital Program application to September 1, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) and the deadline to submit an application...
NCN Hosts Webinar to Discuss SSBCI Programs
On Wednesday April 13, 2022, Native CDFI Network (NCN) hosted Pilar Thomas, Jeff Bowman, and Sanford Livingston to discuss the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The webinar was co-sponsored by Oweesta, the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead...
NCN Hosts Webinar featuring the U.S. Department of the Treasury
On Friday, April 8, 2022, NCN hosted James Colombe, Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Colombe discussed the implementation of the State Small Business Credit Initiative program in Indian Country. He shared updates about the program and fielded...