CRA OneSource

CRA OneSource: Your One Stop for CRA Tools

The resources below are a result of responses from CRA officers across the Tenth District and the 2015 Community Development Survey of CRA and Compliance Officers. The materials are public resources from federal agencies, the FDIC, OCC, FFIEC and Federal Reserve. Questions regarding the tools and their applications should be directed to your primary regulator.

Hear from CRA officers using CRA OneSource.

CRA 101

What is the Community Reinvestment Act?

This Federal Reserve video explains the CRA’s provisions and how regulators evaluate a bank’s CRA performance in practical, understandable terms.

Interagency Workshops

Interagency-sponsored workshops are designed for CRA officers at banks that are interested in obtaining current information and training on the CRA regulation, exam preparation and developing bank CRA compliance strategies.

Workshop topics include:

Assessing lending

CRA strategy development

CRA Toolkit

Know your performance context

Guides and Publications

Engaging Workforce Development: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations

This guide from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Kansas City provides banks, and those organizations interested in partnering with them, information on how the Community Reinvestment Act can be leveraged to support workforce development goals.

Banks Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Opportunities For Promoting Job Creation, Workforce Development, and Place-Based Investments

New guide developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia for Workforce and CRA. View PDF.

Closing the Digital Divide: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations

Closing the Digital Divide: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. View PDF.

Affordable Mortgage Lending Guide

Affordable Mortgage Lending Guide and the Affordable Mortgage Lending Center developed by the FDIC. View the website.

Community Development Investments Resource Guide (CDIRG)

CDIRG assists financial institutions with meeting their community development investment needs under the Community Reinvestment Act. View our PDF resource guide or the searchable database.

Community Development Data Guidebook: For CRA Bankers, Community Development Practitioners and Everyone in Between

Learn how to develop your performance context for your bank.

FDIC Strategies for Community Banks to Develop Partnerships with Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)

This guide helps community banks identify and evaluate partnership opportunities with CDFIs.

Healthy Communities: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations

This guide helps financial institutions looking for CRA consideration in the healthy communities space.

Consumer Compliance Outlook

Publication focuses on consumer compliance issues.

A Banker’s Quick Reference Guide to CRA

This guide from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas details CRA regulation and examination procedures.

Interagency Questions and Answers (Q&As) Regarding Community Reinvestment

A quick overview of the Q&A updates (effective January 6, 2009).

CRA Loan Data Collection Grid

A quick guide for identifying CRA loan data reporting categories.

Mapping and Search Tools

Investment Connection

Find lending, investment and service opportunities in the Tenth Federal Reserve District using Investment Connection.

Map Your Community

Use our mapping tool to create custom maps of Tenth District communities, counties and states using key economic and demographic indicators.

FFIEC Geocoding System

The FFIEC Geocoding/Mapping System helps financial institutions meet legal requirements to report information on mortgage, business and farm loan applications.