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 $300,000 Project Grant to the Big Sky Economic Development Authority through the Veterans Outreach Program (CFDA 59.044). The grant will fund entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling, and management services for veteran- and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses in Billings, Montana from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023. In accordance with the program, the awardee will provide information on small business ownership to service members, veterans, and military spouses by facilitating and instructing the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Introduction to Entrepreneurship" course. The grant aims to establish and implement veteran outreach programs through coordination with education institutions, businesses, veterans nonprofits, and government agencies in the service area.

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.