Award type: project grant

The Daughters of Zion organization was awarded a $1 million Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA 59.077). Through this funding, Daughters of Zion will provide high-quality support and technical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs from historically underserved groups related to pandemic relief programs and recovery services. Specifically, Daughters of Zion and its subrecipients will deliver one-on-one counseling and group trainings to increase awareness of and participation in programs from the SBA and other government agencies that provide assistance. This grant aims to benefit small businesses and entrepreneurs who are minority, have disabilities, are veterans, are women, or operate in rural or disadvantaged areas. The period of performance for this award is from December 1, 2021 through November 30, 2023.

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.