Welcome to LISC Upstate South Carolina
LISC Upstate SC is a metropolitan program office for Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). Since 1979, LISC has invested $29.7 billion towards economic development, affordable housing, community safety, good schools, and local health, while also helping people build the skills they need to compete for living wage jobs.
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LISC + TD Bank: Creating Affordable Housing Opportunities in Upstate South Carolina
A dozen LISC offices work with TD Bank to create affordable housing in communities that need it most. In Upstate South Carolina, where our office opened in 2019, LISC benefits from the leadership of TD Bank’s John F. Verreault III, who chairs the Local Advisory Committee. In a new Q+A, learn why supporting affordable housing is so important to TD Bank, and to Verreault.
Diving into the Deep, Hard + Imperative Work of Community Violence Intervention
As part of its partnership with the Department of Justice, LISC s supports practitioners and policy makers with best practices and overcoming challenges facing community violence intervention (CVI) work in American communities. An article from the National Criminal Justice Association highlights the many voices represented during a recent webinar for nearly 1,000 attendees, led by on-the-ground experts in violence intervention, researchers and DOJ leaders. The webinar is now part of a robust online resource center hosted by LISC and the DOJ’s Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.
Talking Financial Stability With LISC CEO Michael T. Pugh
In a wide-ranging radio interview with Audacy's On the Block 94.7, LISC CEO Michael T. Pugh unpacks the ways CDFIs, from the most local to the largest, are so well poised to support financial mobility. He also praises the role of good financial advice, and forecasts how AI can create alternative methods for building credit.