Women's business enterprise council south

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance (CFDA 59.043) program to the Women's Business Enterprise Council South (WBC South), a non-profit organization. This grant, awarded on September 30, 2023, will be used by WBC South to provide training, counseling, and technical assistance aimed at assisting small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, across Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and other Gulf South states. The goal is to remove discriminatory barriers women entrepreneurs face in accessing capital, markets, management, and other critical resources for business growth. WBC South utilizes these federal grant funds to deliver a range of entrepreneurship education, business consulting, mentoring, networking opportunities, and capacity-building services to women-owned and minority-owned small businesses in the region.