Award type: project grant

This Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Capital Access provides $1 million to support the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA 59.077). The grant funds will be used to deliver technical assistance and support services to small businesses and entrepreneurs from historically underserved groups impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the County of Fulton in Atlanta, Georgia will serve as a hub to provide one-on-one counseling and group training to beneficiaries on pandemic relief programs and recovery services offered by the SBA and other government agencies. Quarterly reporting on activities and progress toward stated goals will be provided to the SBA. The award period 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.