Opportunity
Federal Register #CDFI-2026-0232
CDFI Fund seeks comment on CDFI and NACA program assistance applications
Buyer
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Posted
October 30, 2026
Respond By
December 30, 2026
Identifier
CDFI-2026-0232
The U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund is seeking public comment on application information it collects for its CDFI and NACA programs. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). - Notice purpose: This is an information-collection notice, not a solicitation for products or services. No OEMs, vendors, or commercial products are identified. - Programs and applications: The notice concerns Financial Assistance (FA) and Technical Assistance (TA) applications for the Community Development Financial Institutions Program and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA). - FA awards help certified CDFIs build financial capacity to lend in eligible or target markets. - TA awards help certified and emerging CDFIs build organizational capacity to serve those markets. - FA application options: Optional questions cover Persistent Poverty Counties Financial Assistance (PPC-FA), Disability Funds Financial Assistance (DF-FA), and Healthy Food Financing Initiative Financial Assistance (HFFI-FA). - Estimated annual application burden: 795 respondents, with 495 FA responses and 300 TA responses. Estimated time is 140 hours per FA respondent and 90 hours per TA respondent, totaling 69,300 FA hours and 27,000 TA hours annually. - Products, services, quantities, and part numbers: None requested; no product or service line items are listed.
Description
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is requesting public comment on the CDFI Program and Native American CDFI Assistance Program Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance Applications. These applications collect information used to evaluate applicants and select award recipients; the FA application also includes optional questions for PPC-FA, DF-FA, and HFFI-FA. Financial Assistance awards support certified CDFIs in building financial capacity, while Technical Assistance awards support certified and emerging CDFIs in building organizational capacity. Written comments must be received by December 29, 2026.