Southern Mutual Financial Services, Inc.

3602 Old Jeanerette Road
New Iberia LA, 70563-3131


Southern Mutual Financial Services (SMFS)is a start-up loan fund serving nine distressed rural counties in Louisiana. Its parent organization, Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc. (SMHA), is a 30-year-old nonprofit that has served the same area through homebuyer education and counseling, as well as advocacy for poor residents.

CDFI Awards for Southern Mutual Financial Services, Inc.


FA (2006) - $297,107

Southern Mutual Financial Services, Inc. (SMFS) provides single-family first mortgages, secured loans to small-scale micro-enterprises, and consumer loans in Louisiana?s southern and central rural parishes. The 2006 Financial Assistance Award of $200,000 will enable SMFS to enhance its existing products, offer a new home-repair bridge loan product to families waiting for insurance reimbursements for damages caused by the hurricane, and expand types of businesses eligible to receive its mirco-loan product. SMFS will use the 2006 Technical Assistance Award of $97,107 to: (1) obtain consulting services to conduct a post-hurricane market assessment, update its business plan and update its website; (2) pay for staff training in loan underwriting; and (3) pay staff salary operating expenses to expand staff capacity.



CORE (2002) - $400,000

SMFS received a $400,000 grant to capitalize its loan fund, which primarily makes mortgage loans to low-income families through a partnership with area banks and the USDA Rural Housing Service.



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