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Six Cities to Develop Local Wealth Building Strategies
In this June 2025 press release, the CFE Fund announced that six new cities have been chosen to join the next CityStart cohort. The CityStart initiative helps local leaders develop and implement proven strategies to help local families and communities become more financially stable.
Seven Cities Enhance Small Business Services by Offering Financial Counseling for Entrepreneurs
In this March 2025 press release, the CFE Fund accounced the selection of seven local governments to offer small business owners and entrepreneurs one-on-one Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) financial counseling through the CFE’s Small Business Boost (SBB) initiative.
The Skyline: How Two Cities Leveraged Financial Empowerment as Connective Tissue for Housing Success
By connecting financial empowerment to rental assistance programs, two cities supercharged social service success and brought together a range of partners to build a cohesive ecosystem around longer-term financial stability.
CFE Fund Comment Letter to Treasury on Financial Institution Customer Identification Requirements
The CFE Fund recently submitted a letter to FinCen at the U.S. Department of Treasury in response to their request for information about updating the process of requiring full Social Security Numbers when opening a bank or credit union account.
Five U.S. Cities Selected to Create Local Wealth Building Strategies
In this April 2024 press release, the CFE Fund announced that a third cohort of five cities have been selected to join the CityStart initiative. The initiative helps local leaders develop and implement proven strategies to support local families and communities in building financial stability, with a focus on wealth equity.
CFE Fund Comment Letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Overdraft Lending Regulations
The CFE Fund recently submitted a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in response to a Request for Comment on the CFPB’s proposal to update regulations that govern overdraft lending services.