SSBCI is a $1.5 billion Treasury program that provides participating states, territories, and eligible municipalities with funding to strengthen Capital Access Programs (CAPs) and other credit support programs that provide financial assistance to small businesses and manufacturers. CAPs provide portfolio insurance for business loans based on a separate loan loss reserve fund for each participating financial institution. Other credit support programs include collateral support, loan participation, loan guarantee, direct lending, and venture capital programs.

SSBCI is a $1.5 billion Treasury program that provides participating states, territories, and eligible municipalities with funds to strengthen Capital Access Programs and other credit support programs that provide financial assistance to small businesses and manufacturers. Capital Access Programs provide portfolio insurance for business loans based on a separate loan loss reserve fund for each participating financial institution. Other credit support programs include collateral support, loan participation, loan guarantee, credit support, and venture capital programs.

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (the Act) created SBLF as a dedicated fund to encourage lending to small businesses by providing capital to qualified community banks4 and Community Development Loan Funds (CDLF). Treasury launched the SBLF program in December 2010 and by the program's September 27, 2011, funding deadline had disbursed $4.03 billion. The funds were invested in 332 financial institutions, including 281 community banks and 51 CDLFs. Of the 281 community banks, 137 used SBLF funds to refinance securities purchased under TARP's Capital Purchase Program.

We determined that North Carolina appropriately used most of the $4.9 million in SSBCI funds obligated or expended that we tested, but contributed $6,690 to a reserve fund under the Capital Access Program for a loan that refinanced one previously made to the borrower by the same lender. Such refinancings are prohibited by the Act and constitute a misuse of funds. Prior to the transfer of SSBCI funds, North Carolina collected two separate documents from the lender attesting that the loan being enrolled was not made for a prohibited purpose.

SSBCI is a $1.5 billion Treasury program that provides participating states, territories, and eligible municipalities with funds to strengthen Capital Access Programs and other credit support programs that provide financial assistance to small businesses and manufacturers. Capital Access Programs provide portfolio insurance for business loans based on a separate loan loss reserve fund for each participating financial institution. Other credit support programs include collateral support, loan participation, loan guarantee, and venture capital programs.

SSBCI is a $1.5 billion Treasury program that provides participating states, territories, and eligible municipalities with funds to strengthen Capital Access Programs and other credit support programs (OCSP) that provide financial assistance to small businesses and manufacturers. Capital Access Programs provide portfolio insurance for business loans based on a separate loan loss reserve fund for each participating financial institution. OCSPs include collateral support, loan participation, loan guarantee, and venture capital programs.

SSBCI is a $1.5 billion Treasury program that provides participating states, territories, and eligible municipalities with funds to strengthen Capital Access Programs and other credit support programs that provide financial assistance to small businesses and manufacturers. Capital Access Programs provide portfolio insurance for business loans based on a separate loan loss reserve fund for each participating financial institution. Other credit support programs include collateral support, loan participation, loan guarantee, credit support, and venture capital programs.

Indiana's Venture Capital Program makes direct investments in high-growth companies through three initiatives, the Indiana High Growth Fund, Indiana Seed Fund Holdings, and the IANF. As of September 30, 2013, Indiana had allocated $21 million of its SSBCI allocation to the Venture Capital Program, of which $9.5 million was allocated to the IANF. As of the same date, the IANF used the SSBCI funds to make 15 investments totaling approximately $2.5 million. Of the $2.5 million invested by the IANF, approximately 32 percent went to the two investments audited. Investment A, approved on July 27,...

Over the past 6 months, my office focused almost exclusively on performing material loss reviews of failed banks and thrifts regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS). These reviews are mandated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Act whenever a failed Treasury-regulated financial institution causes a loss of $25 million or more to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Deposit Insurance Fund. During the current economic crisis through March 31st of this year, my office has completed and issued 17 such reviews and has another...

OIG performs independent, objective reviews of Treasury programs and operations, except for those of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), and keeps the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress fully informed of problems, deficiencies, and the need for corrective action. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) performs oversight related to IRS. A Special Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) perform oversight related to TARP.