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Preparing for your CRA exam

  • Examination Procedures
  • CRA Examination Procedures: Answers to Common Questions includes clarification on how CRA exams work
  • Preparing your performance context - click here to start building a comprehensive, up-to-date performance context for your communities.
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    The following documents were included in the materials as part of the January 2001 Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in San Francisco, CA.

  • Sample request letters - these are examples of letters that regulators send to financial institutions in advance of a CRA exam to request data
  • Sample CD activity evaluation worksheets - these are examples of the worksheets examiners use to determine if an activity will qualify as a community development loan or a community development investments.
  • Preparing for the investment test - visit the Center for Community Development Investments
  • How much is enough?
    • Analysis of 12th District Investment Test results - includes an in-depth study of how financial institutions fared on the CRA Investment Test; also includes examples of CD investments (PDF - 713KB)
    • Outstanding Performance Evaluations - includes an analysis of financial institutions that rated "Outstanding" on their CRA exams; see how they did it.(PDF - 51KB)
    • Check Performance Evaluations in your area - search for downloadable CRA Performance Evaluations (off-site)
      - FRB
      - OCC
      - FDIC
      - OTS