Inclusiv Releases Statement About the EPA’s Attempted Termination of the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator Program

New York, NY (March 12, 2025) - Inclusiv one of five CCIA (Clean Communities Investment Accelerator) grant recipients under the Green House Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) released the following statement: 

We have received a notice of attempted termination from the EPA. This action is the latest installment in an ongoing series of factual inaccuracies and misinformation from the EPA.  

To be absolutely clear, the EPA’s unsubstantiated claims about waste, fraud and abuse have not occurred. Inclusiv has carried out its obligations under our award agreement with EPA with integrity and care.  

We are cooperating with all oversight inquiries we have received and look forward to demonstrating our compliance with all program requirements. It is important to note that all deadlines by which Inclusiv has been asked to provide information are still in the future – rendering it impossible for the EPA to draw any conclusions about our CCIA program from the findings of those investigations at this time. In fact, EPA leadership has to date not responded to Inclusiv's requests to meet and discuss our organization’s history and work.  

We are not new to regulation nor oversight. We are a non-profit with a 50-year track record of working with community development credit unions, regulated financial institutions that serve low- and moderate-income Americans. In the last 40 years, our work has been instrumental in driving private and public investment in credit unions to build wealth and financial independence for individuals, households, and small businesses, in rural, underserved areas and communities formerly excluded from the financial mainstream. 

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