Join us and our co-hosts Chicago CLF & IFF for the 2008 Opportunity Finance Network Midwest Regional Meeting on June 3rd in Chicago. Email Jacqueline Fox to register.

OFN Members, please join us for a Staying Connected call on May 28th from 1 - 2pm EDT with Mini Datta of OFN and Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy of Oweesta to learn more about the Native theme of the 2008 OFN Conference and how it relates to all OFN Members. Click here to register.

CDFI Loan-Fund Loan Management Software Report
OFN has published an analysis of software based on user feedback from an online survey. Feedback was provided on DownHome (7 users), GMS (5 users), LoanBase (4 users), Nortridge (7 users), Pearl (4 users), Portfol (6 users), Tailored Excel and Access Programs (12 users), The Exceptional Assistant (TEA; 13 users), and The Mortgage Office (8 users). We plan to update the report annually. You may download the current and the following version of the report for FREE if you take the survey now for our next analysis. The report is currently featured in OFN’s store.

The report links into a Staying Connected Call on June 18. We will open the lines for Members to discuss loan-management software with a focus on TEA, DownHome, and Nortridge.

Please contact Bryony Edwards if you have any questions.

The Native Communities Financing Initiative (NCFI) provided a training course in March for Native communities interested in starting credit unions. Five organizations from Maine to Hawaii participated in the three and a half day session and have moved even closer to a starting a Native credit union in their community. This training and TA program is fully supported by the CDFI Fund.