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…

Central Georgia Technical College received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration Office of Veteran Business Development under the Veterans Outreach Program (CFDA 59.044). The grant will support the provision of entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling, and management assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by eligible veterans from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024 in Macon, Georgia. As a subrecipient, Central Georgia Technical College will deliver these services to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the veteran community. The grant aims to facilitate information sharing on small business ownership and self-employment opportunities for service members, veterans, and military spouses in accordance with Public Law 110-186.

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.