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It s attracted $620,000 in new funding since fall Plans to launch credit-builder loans for entrepreneurs of color, low- to moderate-income ProsperUs Chanell Scott Contreras Less than six months after spinning off from Southwest Solutions, nonprofit microlender ProsperUs has secured Community Development Finance Institution certification, a move that will enable it to expand loans and support for entrepreneurs of color and low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs. With the certification, ProsperUs is one of the first minority-led CDFIs in Michigan, said Chanell Scott Contreras, executive director. ProsperUs is now eligible to apply for financial awards through the U.S. Treasury Department s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and is already working on an application, with plans to apply for $500,000 or more in 2022, she said. ....