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Conference on the CDFI Industry and the Disabilities Market at Federal Reserve Board Of Governors
Donna J. Gambrell, Director of the US Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund delivered remarks at the opening reception for the “Opportunities for Community Development Finance in the Disabilities Market Conference,” held at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC on February 2, 2010.
Director Gambrell highlighted the economic and financial needs of people with disabilities
Part of an interactive “Disabilities Market Lab” intended to bring key decision makers together to discuss opportunities for the community development finance field to expand its focus on projects that serve the disabilities market, the event was co-sponsored by: the Disability Opportunity Fund, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Wall Street Without Walls.
Intended to develop opportunities for the CDFI industry to meet the economic and financial needs of people with disabilities and demonstrate their market potential, the conference brought together experts from disability and community development organizations, the public sector and financial institutions.
“I cannot tell you how pleased I am to support and contribute to this pioneering exchange of ideas on what I consider to be an extremely important emerging area for the CDFI industry,” said Director Gambrell. “This conference is an opportunity to catalyze support for furthering the cause of a critical and cross-cutting issue.”
Please click the following link for Director Gambrell’s remarks Director Gambrell’s Remarks
“PARENT EMPOWERMENT TRAINING – VOICE 4 KIDS”
St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children and the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council in conjunction with RiSE RSOURCES (The DOF) will be hosting its next “Advocacy Training for Parents” workshop for parents of children and adolescents with special needs with specific emphasis on children who are medically fragile.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
For more information Please click here.
Vivian Figueroa
St. Mary’s Hospital for Children
29-01 216th Street
Bayside, NY 11360
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If you have any questions about the program, please contact:
Vivian Figueroa, Director of Foundation and Government Relations
St. Mary’s Foundation for Children
(718) 281-8666
or
Nanci Freiman, V.P., Administration & Finance
The Disability Opportunity Fund
516-465-3741
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The DOF IS GROWING!
TheDOF is proud to announce that Ellen Chen and J. David Sweeny, partners at PDS Development, have joined our staff as Co-Directors of Lending. Ellen and David will be responsible for all aspects of TheDOF’s lending operations which will include reviewing real estate transactions and sources of financing. Both Ellen and David bring extensive community development industry experience to TheDOF and their respective bios made be found at Ellen Chen and J. David Sweeny
We welcome them to TheDOF team and look forward to providing innovative housing solutions for people with disabilities.
DISABILITIES 101: The DOF introduces the world of community development to the disabilities market at this year’s OFN conference
Each year more than 700 CDFI and opportunity finance practitioners, CDFI Board Members, bankers, regulators, foundation staff, religious investors, and investment managers attend the conference.
This year, The DOF was given a pre-conference session in which they discussed disability rights, policies and benefits. The connection was made between the needs of the disabilities market and how they fall well within community development boundaries. The session was attended by cdfi’s, organizations and the Federal Reserve Bank representatives.
