Technical assistance to groups seeking to organize credit unions serving predominantly low income families. Funded with low-interest loans and grants from foundations, religious organizations, and private corporations. State Community Planning Program Division of Community Assistance, North Carolina Department of Commerce Technical Assistance Planning management services, on request and at no charge to local governments in North Carolina. Staff works with communities, local businesses and state agencies to strengthen downtown revitalization efforts by directing available resources to areas of need. Makes home loans and small business loans to start or grow a business, targeting low wealth families, particularly minorities, women and rural residents.
Funding comes from deposits, as well as government and foundation support.
City of Raleigh Organizational base for eighteen Citizen Advisory Councils. Each council meets individually to discuss neighborhood issues. Elected officers take concerns to meeting with other CAC officers, and then to City Council. Books Kibert, Charles J. ed. Ecology, Ethics, and Economics .