Solar industry stakeholders, project developers, and members of the financial sector will gather in a virtual discussion to identify how community financial institutions, such as credit unions, community banks and Community Development Financial Institutions can finance solar installations in low-income communities and communities of color.
Join the Atlanta Fed for a conversation on the key components of workforce development system reform and how labor policy can be updated to meet the needs of our current economy and develop the workforce of the future. Speakers will discuss how labor policy can be evolved from a scattered set of approaches to a cohesive system that empowers workers and improves economic outcomes.
During this live virtual pitch session, organizations will present lending, investment and service opportunities available in Maryland and Greater Washington, D.C. Projects address small business and farm finance, affordable housing and racial equity.
This assembly will be an examination of rural workforce demand and supply, talent recruitment, a medical assistant apprenticeship model in Washington state, and community health worker models. Leaders and staff from health systems, clinics, workforce training and funding programs, and educational institutions are encouraged to register and participate in this learning and networking opportunity.
Speakers will discuss the pandemic’s impact on mental health in communities of color, including the correlation between depression and anxiety and economic factors such as lost income.
The sixth installment of the Racism and the Economy event series focuses on the impact of racism on entrepreneurs of color. The session will examine solutions that challenge persistent disparities and explore the potential for entrepreneurship to serve as one pathway to transform economic outcomes for communities of color and the broader economy.
Which jobs pay above the national median wage but don’t require a bachelor’s degree? Where can these jobs be found and how can students prepare for them? Learn more about opportunity occupations, workforce development and lessons and personal finance resources for your classroom in this ECONnections webinar.
Join Social Finance and the Atlanta and Philadelphia Feds for this national launch event of “Workforce Realigned: How New Partnerships Are Advancing Economic Mobility.” The event will explore the emergence of a new generation of cross-sectoral partnerships focused on better outcomes for workers. It will draw on examples from the recently released book (and beyond) and highlight efforts to build a better workforce system through shared accountability, aligned incentives, and a more careful and thoughtful allocation of financial risks across workers, employers, and governments.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Community Development team, in partnership with the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, is hosting this virtual focused on the expanding pool of impact investing funders, how new sources of investment can strengthen the low- and moderate-income communities hardest hit by the pandemic, and the New York Fed’s plans to connect communities with funds.
Small businesses are crucial to the nation’s economy and are important sources of employment and wealth building, particularly for minority communities. How can the banking sector develop strategies that serve entrepreneurs of color and bolster local economies? Come gain insights into the performance of minority-owned businesses, the disparities they face, and how capital providers can better incorporate a racial equity lens to enhance lending.
Policy Summit is a regional conference that explores solutions at the practitioner and policy levels to challenges that low- and moderate-income communities face. The biennial multi-day event offers its audience of researchers, academics, practitioners, and policymakers the latest research and best practices through presentations and real-world conversations.
Find out how to use ARPA funds to change the long-term sustainability and scalability of child care while centering the needs of providers and working families.
Speakers will present on revitalization models implemented in Kansas, Michigan, and other regions, giving attendees the opportunity to consider the implementation of these models in Pennsylvania. Leaders and staff from foundations, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), local and regional governments, economic development entities, and anchor institutions are encouraged to register and participate in this learning and networking opportunity.
Industry experts and well-known researchers and economists will share their views on COVID-19’s impact on economic well-being, with a special emphasis on how the pandemic has affected minority communities. Teachers, students and professors are welcome to attend as we address income disparity, financial service inequity, generational wealth gaps, and more.
From July 5-30, the Richmond Fed’s Investment Connection application portal will be open to community-based and nonprofit organizations serving rural communities in regions served by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to attend this live application training and information session prior to applying.
The seventh Racism and the Economy event explores how overrepresentation of people of color and Indigenous people in the criminal legal system compromises the performance of the overall economy.
This Minneapolis Fed Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) Policy webinar is focused on understanding and addressing the strategic business decisions, challenges, and opportunities tribal enterprises face in today’s economic landscape.
Join the Atlanta Fed for a conversation on how making economic systems more equitable encourages growth in state and national gross domestic product. The panel will discuss the benefits that closing the racial wage gap would have on economic growth for a community and the mobility for workers of color.
Speakers will present on economic development and small business models from outside the commonwealth, giving attendees the opportunity to consider the implementation of these models in Pennsylvania. Leaders and staff from foundations, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), local and regional governments, economic development entities, and anchor institutions are encouraged to register and participate in this learning and networking opportunity.
Join the Atlanta Fed to learn how career advancement is tied to household financial well-being and the systemic barriers that can pose challenges to economic self-sufficiency. The webinar will highlight how employers, government, and nonprofits can work in alignment to make sure jobs create short-term economic resilience—and longer-term economic mobility—for workers in the Southeast.
The Federal Reserve is releasing a new tool to help community banks implement the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) accounting standard. Known as the Scaled CECL Allowance for Losses Estimator, or “SCALE,” the spreadsheet-based tool draws on publicly available regulatory and industry data to aid community banks with assets of less than $1 billion in calculating their CECL allowances. Join Federal Reserve staff for an Ask the Fed webinar on the SCALE method for determining expected credit losses under CECL.
