Request NCDE's Guide to CRA Grantmaking for Digital Equity and Economic Opportunity (5th Edition)
A short video on why digital equity matters
A short video on why digital equity matters
CRA Could Bridge the Digital Divide in Poor Communities Banking New England, September/October 2019, pp. 42-44.. A profile of NCDE's partnership with Franklin Savings Bank to foster digital equity and economic inclusion through CRA resources.
Read NCDE's Joint Statement on how CRA guidelines and regulations should be modernized to meet the challenges of a digital age society and economy.
OCC Deputy Comptroller Barry Wides' keynote address, on "Improving Digital Inclusion with the Community Reinvestment Act" NCDE's 2nd Annual National Summit, May 14, 2019 in Washington D,C.
Additional Recommended Readings and Videos
"Inclusion Starts With I", a powerful short video on inclusion.
"The Community Reinvestment Act and the Future of Financial Inclusion", Aspen Institute (January 2019).
Featured panel on CRA, digital inclusion and the HUD ConnectHome initiative on September 18, 2018 at HUD Headquarters (one-hour)
Pew Research Center's Internet and Technology report, "Stories from Experts about the Impact of Digital Life" (July 3, 2018)
"What is Low- or Moderate-Income or 'LMI'?" posted June 25, 2018
Bank Financing for Rural Broadband Initiatives, 6 minute video produced by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, April 9, 2018.
A short interview on digital equity with NCDE co-founder Robert McLaughlin (March 2018).
U.S. Department of the Treasury Memo: Community Reinvestment Act - Findings and Recommendations, April 3, 2018
Signs of Digital Distress: Mapping broadband availability and subscription in America's neighborhoods Brookings Institution report (September 2017)
Federal statute for the Community Reinvestment Act
The 2016 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project Report: Advancing Equitable Financial Ecosystems (2016) by John D. Villasenor, Darrell M. West, and Robin J. Lewis, Brookings Institute.
The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning (2016) by the State Education Technology Directors Association.
Closing the Digital Divide: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations (2016) by Jordana Barton, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education: A Nationwide Scan (2016) by Jeffrey R. Henig, Carolyn J. Riehl, David M. Houston, Michael A. Rebell, and Jessica R. Wolff, Teachers College, Columbia University.
The Collective Impact Framework by the Centre for Social Impact, Social Leadership Australia.
Digital Inclusion Framework by the Technology and Social Change Group, University of Washington.
How Digital Equity Can Close the Achievement Gap by Keith R. Krueger and Maria Bjerede in THE Journal, September 2015.
NMC/COSN Horizon Report 2016 K-12 Edition by the New Media Consortium and Consortium on School Networking, and examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in schools
Raising the Voices of School Librarians in the Digital Equity Conversation (2016) by Carol Gordon, Massachusetts School Library Association.
Using Technology to Support At-Risk Students' Learning (2016) by Linda Darling-Hammond, Molly B. Zielezinski, and Shelley Goldman. Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
"The Community Reinvestment Act and the Future of Financial Inclusion", Aspen Institute (January 2019).
Featured panel on CRA, digital inclusion and the HUD ConnectHome initiative on September 18, 2018 at HUD Headquarters (one-hour)
Pew Research Center's Internet and Technology report, "Stories from Experts about the Impact of Digital Life" (July 3, 2018)
"What is Low- or Moderate-Income or 'LMI'?" posted June 25, 2018
Bank Financing for Rural Broadband Initiatives, 6 minute video produced by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, April 9, 2018.
A short interview on digital equity with NCDE co-founder Robert McLaughlin (March 2018).
U.S. Department of the Treasury Memo: Community Reinvestment Act - Findings and Recommendations, April 3, 2018
Signs of Digital Distress: Mapping broadband availability and subscription in America's neighborhoods Brookings Institution report (September 2017)
Federal statute for the Community Reinvestment Act
The 2016 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project Report: Advancing Equitable Financial Ecosystems (2016) by John D. Villasenor, Darrell M. West, and Robin J. Lewis, Brookings Institute.
The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning (2016) by the State Education Technology Directors Association.
Closing the Digital Divide: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations (2016) by Jordana Barton, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education: A Nationwide Scan (2016) by Jeffrey R. Henig, Carolyn J. Riehl, David M. Houston, Michael A. Rebell, and Jessica R. Wolff, Teachers College, Columbia University.
The Collective Impact Framework by the Centre for Social Impact, Social Leadership Australia.
Digital Inclusion Framework by the Technology and Social Change Group, University of Washington.
How Digital Equity Can Close the Achievement Gap by Keith R. Krueger and Maria Bjerede in THE Journal, September 2015.
NMC/COSN Horizon Report 2016 K-12 Edition by the New Media Consortium and Consortium on School Networking, and examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in schools
Raising the Voices of School Librarians in the Digital Equity Conversation (2016) by Carol Gordon, Massachusetts School Library Association.
Using Technology to Support At-Risk Students' Learning (2016) by Linda Darling-Hammond, Molly B. Zielezinski, and Shelley Goldman. Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.