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ECIP funding – over $8.28 billion invested so far – is intended to enable CDFIs and MDIs to provide loans, grants, and forbearance for small and minority-owned businesses and consumers, especially in low-income and underserved communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19’s economic effects. Rather than a direct grant, the funding enables Treasury to purchase senior preferred stock, if feasible for the institution, or subordinate debt if not. The funding lowers the CDFI/MDI participants’ cost of capital because it carries a maximum dividend/interest rate of 2% that may be reduced to as low as 0.5% depending on the level of qualified and deep-impact lending.With interest rates rising, which can dampen demand for qualified and deep impact lending, recipients will want to be in the best position to access their ECIP funding. To do this, they will need to:
Advisory, compliance, and technical services
CohnReznick can assist ECIP funding recipients with the following consulting services:
why cohnreznick?
CohnReznick has a dedicated consulting practice group made up of subject matter experts in the community development finance industry. With a long history of providing compliance, reporting, and/or asset management services to clients who work with federal grant and tax credit programs, including CDFIs, we understand the importance of compliance. Our team is intimately familiar with other government programs, such as the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), HUD programs, New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, and CDFI Fund Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance Awards, to name a few.Treasury awards are highly regulated programs with extensive programmatic, compliance, and reporting requirements. Our consulting practice group has extensive experience assisting clients in:
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