Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) began in 2005 in the Vernon-Central neighborhood of South Los Angeles with one contract: cleaning up graffiti vandalism. Since then, CRCD has expanded its services for residents in South LA, starting up programs in youth and adult workforce development, housing and supportive services, and small business services. CRCD will use the $1.25 million loan to finance predevelopment costs for current affordable housing projects in its pipeline and support new projects advancing into the construction phase. A new $3 million line of credit from NFF will provide support with addressing working capital needs caused by a significant increase in government contracts and delays in government contract reimbursements.