Award type: project grant

This two-year, $1 million Project Grant from the Small Business Administration's Office of Entrepreneurial Development will fund the Maui Economic Development Board Inc. to provide Community Navigator services under the federal Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA 59.077). MEDB and its subrecipients will deliver high-quality support and technical assistance to small businesses and historically underserved entrepreneurs on Maui, Hawaii related to pandemic relief programs and recovery services. This includes one-on-one counseling and group trainings. MEDB will serve as a "hub" organization and utilize contractors as "spokes" to ensure wide reach across the community. Quarterly reports on activities and progress toward increasing awareness and participation in SBA and other government programs will be provided to the SBA through November 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.