Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has issued a call for well-qualified personnel to serve as application Reviewers and Alternates for the 2014 round of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. Reviewers must have considerable expertise in community and economic development finance. Specialized knowledge in commercial finance is recommended, including: operating business and real estate finance; financing of community-based organizations; pooling of community development loans for sale to secondary markets; financial counseling, particularly for small businesses; and/or prior experience serving as an NMTC application reviewer.

Reviewers will provide first-stage evaluations of the applications. CDFI Fund anticipates that the training cycle will occur between October 27, 2014 through November 10, 2014 and the application reviews will occur between November 12, 2014 and January 16, 2015. Reviewers are expected to have no known scheduling conflicts. Reviewers will participate in approximately 10 hours of remote training and are expected to be assigned an average of 12-15 applications.

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