Native CDFIs and Continued Resilience: Short-Term Responses with Long-Term Impacts in Pandemic Times

Finance & CDFIsArts & cultureHealth careHousing & homeownershipPhilanthropyYouth & education20242015
Written By Julianna Smith

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Native CDFIs demonstrated their response to the pandemic through innovative loan products, emergency grants, and rapid adaptation to provide crucial web-based opportunities. These efforts continue to influence and cultivate financial well-being rooted in cultural values. This article highlights three Native CDFIs and a national Native CDFI intermediary to exemplify their active resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they created opportunities that will exist far beyond pandemic times.

Publication: The Applied Anthropologist

Publication year: 2020

Author: Alyssa Camp

 
 
Julianna Smith
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