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 Gulf Coast State College $364,889.36 under the Veterans Outreach Program (CFDA 59.044) to provide entrepreneurial training and business development assistance to veterans and service-disabled veterans. Specifically, Gulf Coast State College will facilitate and instruct the Small Business Administration's "Introduction to Entrepreneurship" course for service members, military spouses, and veterans in Panama City, Florida from May 2, 2022 through April 30, 2023. As the prime recipient, Gulf Coast State College will deliver entrepreneurship training and counseling to help eligible veterans start and grow small businesses, in accordance with the statutory authority and program description of the Veterans Outreach Program.

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.