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 Mira Costa Community College District was awarded a $510,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of Veterans Business Development under the Veterans Outreach Program (CFDA 59.044) for the period of May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023. The grant will support the organization's delivery of entrepreneurship training, business development assistance, and counseling to veterans and military spouses. In accordance with the goals of the Veterans Outreach Program, Mira Costa will provide information on small business ownership and facilitate instruction of the SBA's Introduction to Entrepreneurship course to service members transitioning to civilian life. The grant funds will enable Mira Costa to offer these services to veterans and help them start and grow small businesses, furthering the program's goal of expanding outreach and support for former military members in the local community.

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.