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To apply to the JCF CCIA program, an entity must:
Be a CDFI bank or a public, quasi-public, or nonprofit community lender; AND
Be a member/affiliate of one of the five JCF CCIA Network Coordinators.
The JCF CCIA program
goals are to:
Grow and expand climate financing and community engagement in under-resourced communities;
Leverage CCIA capitalization funding for distributed energy generation, net-zero buildings, and zero-emissions transportation projects that would not have otherwise been financed; and
Help community lenders build a demonstration portfolio that allows them to expand or launch climate financing business lines.
Through the JCF CCIA program, eligible community lenders will have access to:
Up to $10 million to provide financial assistance to CCIA-eligible projects;
Up to $1 million for capacity building and technical assistance; and
Training and resources to support climate financing and community engagement activities.
To qualify under the CCIA program, projects must:
Reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions;
Reduce or avoid emissions of other air pollutants;
Deliver additional benefits in one of seven areas (climate change, clean energy, clean transportation, pollution remediation, clean water infrastructure, affordable and sustainable housing, or workforce development);
May not have otherwise been financed;
Mobilize private capital; and
Support only commercially viable technologies.
Priority project categories include:
The JCF CCIA program will roll out in Waves, with Wave 1 beginning in late 2024/early 2025 and subsequent Waves beginning in mid-2025 and anticipated to run through 2028.
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