Award type: project grant

This Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration's Office of Entrepreneurial Development provides $1 million to deliver Community Navigator services under the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA 59.077). The grantee, Small Business Development Center Inc., and its subrecipients will provide high-quality support and technical assistance to small businesses on pandemic relief programs and recovery services through individual counseling and group trainings. Services target historically underserved categories including minority, women, veteran, rural, and socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs. The two-year award period runs from December 2021 through November 2023 and is intended to increase awareness of and participation in Small Business Administration and other government assistance programs.

Activities

Provide high quality support and technical assistance with pandemic relief programs and recovery services to small businesses.; deliverables: grantees will provide reports on activities and progress toward stated goals to SBA on a quarterly basis.

Expected outcomes

Increase awareness of and participation in programs of the u.s small business administration and other government agencies.

Intended beneficiaries

Small businesses and entrepreneurs that fall into a historically underserved category, including minority entrepreneurs (black, indigenous, and people of color), entrepreneurs with disabilities, lgbtq entrepreneurs, rural entrepreneurs; veterans and military entrepreneurs (including spouses), women entrepreneurs, innovative startups, micro businesses, and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses

Subrecipient activities

Grantees (hubs) and their contractors (spokes) will provide high quality support and technical assistance with pandemic relief programs and recovery services to small businesses. This support takes the form of 1:1 counseling and group trainings.