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CCI in Conversation: Fulcrum Fellows and Field Catalysts Discuss Federal COVID-19 Recovery Funding

Zev Alexander Aug 12, 2021

How should community leaders manage the opportunity to spend trillions of dollars of federal funding on economic recovery in ways that begin to realize the promise of racial justice? In a July 9 roundtable of CCI staff and fellows, one answer to this question rose above all the others: ask the right questions.

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Learning from Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities

Center for Community Investment Jun 30, 2021

In June, after three and a half years, participants in CCI’s Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities (AIHC) initiative celebrated their accomplishments as the initiative came to an end.

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Getting Started with Community Investment: How CCI’s First Sprints Helped Communities Prepare for Recovery Funds

Omar Carrillo Tinajero May 20, 2021

Over the last year, all of us have gone through many stages of adapting and responding as we faced the pandemic

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Getting Started with Capital Absorption: Presentations and Workshops Tailored to Your Needs

Rebecca Steinitz May 13, 2021

What do development and housing finance agencies need to know about capital absorption? How about real estate development professionals in Tennessee? Or Massachusetts hospitals?

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Advancing the Social Determinants of Health as the Pathway to Recovery for Black People

Center for Community Investment Feb 25, 2021

Romi Hall ties together our four-part series in this final installment with a holistic vision for effective community development in Black communities.

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Recovery Together: Developing a Collective and Equitable Approach to Economic Recovery

Center for Community Investment Feb 3, 2021

This February, CCI is spotlighting four Black women alumnae of our Fulcrum Fellowship, who will share their visions for how to center Black people in community development. The series begins with Joanna Trotter, Senior Director of Community Impact for The Chicago Community Trust.

Resource: Deals as System Events: And Introduction to Deal Review

Deals as System Events: An Introduction to Deal Review

Center for Community Investment Jan 27, 2021

Community investment is designed to do the hard things conventional markets don’t do, so its deals tend to be more complex than those in conventional finance. As a critical step toward making such deals more efficient and effective, the Center for Community Investment’s newest resource introduces the process of deal review.

Financing Community Health: Unlocking Investments to Address the Social Determinants of Health

Center for Community Investment Oct 21, 2019

During a recent American Hospital Association webinar, CCI’s Executive Director Robin Hacke and Kaiser Permanente’s John Vu delved into the basics of investment capital and shared insights from the Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities (AIHC) initiative.

Pipeline in Action: Coachella Valley, CA

Center for Community Investment Jun 19, 2019

To unlock opportunity at a scale that cannot be reached through one-off projects, CCI’s capital absorption framework focuses on creating a set of deals and projects that can synergistically advance a community towards achieving its shared prioriti