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, Jefferson Franklin Community Action Corporation, and its subrecipients will provide high-quality support and technical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs from underserved groups on pandemic relief programs and recovery services. Specifically, one-on-one counseling and group trainings will be conducted through December 2023 to increase awareness of and participation in programs from the SBA and other government agencies, such as the $100 million Community Navigator Pilot Program. This aims to benefit small businesses and entrepreneurs who are minority, have disabilities, are veterans, women, or operate in rural or economically disadvantaged areas. Quarterly reports on activities and progress toward stated goals will be provided to the SBA.

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.