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Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are powerful allies for public health and healthcare, providing flexible, mission-driven capital that directly improves the conditions shaping community health. Federal funding cuts are impacting both CDFIs, public health, and healthcare, while support for disinvested communities is shrinking. In this changing environment, CDFIs are more essential than ever—stepping in as financial first responders during crises and continuing to build long-term community wealth. They are an indispensable partner that the health sector can actively engage to foster true community well-being.
Our new brief, Community Development Financial Institutions: Catalysts for Healthy Communities, distills the vital role of CDFIs in advancing health equity and building lasting community wealth, particularly at a time when federal funding cuts threaten both public health and CDFIs. The brief also highlights instances where CDFIs have successfully partnered with healthcare and public health sectors to achieve these goals.
This brief is designed for policymakers, healthcare systems, government, and public health agencies. You can take action by:
Your support helps ensure that CDFIs continue driving upstream investments in the vital conditions of health that create thriving, equitable communities.
Download the brief here.