The small business act provides for entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling, and management assistance to small business owned and controlled by eligible veterans, as…

The Small Business Administration Office of Veterans Business Development awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Hilo under the Veterans Outreach Program (CFDA 59.044). The grant will support the provision of entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling, and management services to veteran and service-disabled veteran small business owners in Hawaiian Acres, Hawaii from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023. As the prime awardee, the University of Hawaii at Hilo will facilitate and instruct the Small Business Administration's "Introduction to Entrepreneurship" course to service members, military spouses, and veterans in accordance with Public Law 110-186, with the goal of providing information on small business ownership. The University will perform these outreach activities in partnership with its parent organization, the University of Hawaii Systems Cashier's Office.

The small business act provides for entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling, and management assistance to small business owned and controlled by eligible veterans, as well as the authority to make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with education institutions, private businesses, veterans' nonprofit community-based organizations, and federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies for the establishment of and implementation of outreach programs for veterans and service-disabled veterans.