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Volume 11; No. 2; September 2000

Community Investments, September 2000 (PDF - 868KB)
Complete Newsletter

• Cover (PDF - 186KB)
• Editor's Notebook (PDF - 105KB)
  -by Joy Hoffmann Molloy
• Financing Childcare: Innovative Approaches (PDF - 349KB)
  Quality childcare plays a decisive role in the lives of our children and the future of this country. This article explains the importance of quality childcare and some of the innovative approaches banks are using to address gaps in availability, affordability and capacity.
  -by Jodi Nishioka, Planner, Project Lift-Off; City of Seattle
• Using CDFIs to Reach the Unbanked (PDF - 340KB)
  As new federal legislation is introduced to spur banking services for the unbanked, many bankers have already embarked on innovative methods to reach individuals without bank accounts. This article may inspire some new ideas for your institution.
  -by John Olson, Community Affairs Specialist: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• 2000 Conference Roundtable Q&A (PDF - 303KB)
  Find answers to your CRA questions in this set of questions and answers collected from the 2000 Community Reinvestment Conference.
• The Clock Is Ticking On Privacy (PDF - 122KB)
  With the recent passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), financial institutions can look forward to some rather complicated gymnastics to address the issues of customer privacy under the new Privacy of Consumer Financial Information (Regulation P), and the information systems integrity portion of the statute.
  -by Paul Dillard, Senior Examiner; Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 Web Addresses
• District Update (PDF - 140KB)
  Three members of the 12th Districtþs Leadership Councils share their background, experience and successes working with CRA, and offer words of wisdom for other CRA professionals.
  -by Craig Nolte, Community Investment Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• District Bulletin (PDF - 189KB)

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