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Funding Recommendations
June 2020
SCOTUS Decision Preserves DACA—For Now: How Philanthropy Can Support Immigrants in the Months Ahead
The eventual fate of DACA has significant implications for a wide range of philanthropic priorities, including health, housing, education, employment, and asset building, among others. Responding to DACA is also inextricably linked to efforts to address the impact of COVID-19 in immigrant communities across the country.
A collage of photos, featuring faces of men and women, including a opening of a credit union in Santa Fe and someone looking at a handout. Accompanies GCIR's resource, Dreamer Loan Programs: The Power of Partnerships with Community Development Credit Unions.
Report
August 2014
Dreamer Loan Programs: The Power of Partnerships with Community Development Credit Unions
This report looks at CDCUs across the country that have launched micro-loan programs that both help immigrants pay DACA application fee and introduce this predominantly low-income population to mainstream financial services.