MCUL Community Reinvestment Initiative: About CRI: CRI Strategic Areas

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The CRI/Future Vision Committee Charge identified five strategic areas that are key to strengthening Michigan neighborhoods and communities. Each area has a corresponding working group made up of credit union professionals and professionals from partner organizations. The working groups have each been tasked with completing a set of objectives specific to that key area.

Click on the any circle below to learn what credit unions are doing to help strengthen their communities.

In 2008 the CRI Task Force, under the direction of the League, has become the CRI/Future Vision Committee of the League. The charge to this committee is to plan and implement cooperative efforts within the credit union community and in coalition with other groups that will expand credit unions’ community outreach efforts and document their good works for purposes of communicating with lawmakers and the general public.

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The numbers have been crunched and the results are in. Michigan credit union staff educated more than 40,000 youngsters and young adults about personal finance during the 2006-07 school year, according to the Credit Union Network's National Youth Involvement Board (NYIB).
When it comes to selecting a financial institution, the characteristics that define a credit union--good customer service, low fees and good loan rates--are significantly more important to consumers than financial sophistication and product array, attributes typically associated with banks.

Community Reinvestment Initiative Mission Statement
	"To bring together public and private entities to explore opportunities for strengthening communities by improving the financial well being of Michigan residents with an emphasis on undeserved areas."