Alcorn state university - continuation option year 2 (i-2020)

Alcorn State University Foundation, Inc. received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development on September 30, 2022 to provide services through September 29, 2025. The grant funding supports the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal program (CFDA 59.043), which aims to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women through training and counseling, and remove discriminatory barriers faced in accessing capital and contracts.

Specifically, through this continuation award Alcorn State University Foundation will deliver training and counseling services to women business owners in Mississippi, with a place of performance in Lorman, MS, to further the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program goals of supporting the establishment and viability of women-owned small businesses. The award amount of $150,000 and three-year period of performance indicate multi-year funding to sustain these services for improving women entrepreneurs' access to knowledge and resources.