Resiliency and recovery demonstration grant

The Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team, Corp. (Wesst) received a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043).

The award will support Wesst's delivery of training and counseling services to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women in Albuquerque, New Mexico from September 2021 through August 2022. The Women's Business Ownership Assistance program aims to fund organizations that help remove discriminatory barriers faced by women entrepreneurs in accessing financial and management assistance. Wesst will use the funding to provide targeted technical services designed to promote the economic resilience and recovery of women-owned small businesses in the Albuquerque area through the completion date of the one-year award.