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The National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA) serves Community Economic Development Associations or nonprofit corporations that develop:

• Affordable housing,
• Create economic opportunity for distressed communities,
• Empower low-income people to create positive change in their lives, and
• Provide social services.

Local associations provide many direct services to their members, including:

• State policy work,
• Training,
• Technical assistance,
• Peer support and
• Capacity building programs, and
• Research.

NACEDA is happy to answer any media questions and provide information about the community development field. Please see media contact information below. NACEDA also publishes Policy Updates every 2 weeks with news and funding opportunities.

Media Contact Information

Suzanne Gunther, Media Contact NACEDA HQ: 202-659-7701 Email: sgunther@naceda.org For more information about NACEDA, please click here. For more information about the CDC field, please click here.

NACEDA Related News Items // Press Releases

Older NACEDA related news items and press releases have been archived to our news archives.
2007 news archive
2008 news archive
2009 news archive
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Supported by a grant from The Home Depot Foundation, NACEDA seeks qualified state, city and regional associations of community development corporations (CDCs) working to integrate “green thinking” into the programmatic efforts of community developers and jumpstart green and energy efficient practices in low-wealth communities. Read the RFP. Also see a template for the proposal and a template for the budget.

The Campaign To Eliminate GAPS (Green Awareness and Policy Shortfalls) grant program is open to NACEDA-member city and state associations nationwide. Five $10,000 grants will be awarded through a competitive grant process. Read More.

NACEDA presents the final MNC award to the Indiana Association for Community Economic Development's (IACED) Unsung Indy Initiative, a marketing campaign designed to raise awareness and increase investment in near-in urban neighborhoods in Indianapolis.  Read More.

NACEDA applauds the efforts of the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) in collaborating with industry partners to progress multi-faceted community development that supports long-term neighborhood stabilization. Read More.

NACEDA urges increased funding, above the President’s request, for budget lines that support affordable housing and community development programs. Read More.

NACEDA, as part of its MNC Competition, presented an award to the Open Indicators Consortium for developing a new, open source software system to improve access to data about communities and regions. Read More.

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