The U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund gave $184 million in grants and loans to community credit unions and loan funds nationwide, two of them in Vermont. The CDFI Fund awarded $1.2 million total to two nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to helping the communities and businesses of Vermont, NeighborWorks of Western Vermont in West Rutland and Vermont Community Loan Fund in Montpelier.

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