CDFI Fund: Call for Community and Economic Development Practitioners to Serve as CDFI Application Reviewers
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is issuing a call for well-qualified persons to serve as application reviewers for the calendar year (CY) 2024-2025 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). The CDFI Fund has contracted with Areeva Solutions to recruit reviewers. Recruitment will be conducted by Areeva Solutions on a…
HUD: $73 Million Awarded to Support Grantees with Vital Technical Assistance
Funding will provide technical assistance and capacity-building for HUD grantees, local governments, and community organizations nationwide. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award $73 million in cooperative agreements under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program (Community Compass) to 34 non-profit and for-profit organizations, including 6 new organizations to help HUD…
SBA: $9 Million in Grants Awarded to 49 Organizations Across America to Help Underserved Communities Access Development Funding and Innovative Research
Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, announced that the SBA has issued 49 grants up to $200,000 each to organizations supporting startups through specialized training, mentoring, and technical assistance under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program. “FAST…
SBA: AMEX, WIPP and SBA to Co-Host Education Initiative for Women Entrepreneurs This Fall
Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, announced that the federal agency will cohost two events in the Washington, D.C., area and Florida alongside Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) and American Express (AMEX) this fall as a continuation of the 2024 National…
SBA: Cyber Prize Competition Winner Selected
Delaware SBDC To Receive $350K for Outstanding Leadership in Cybersecurity Planning for Small Businesses Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, announced(Link is external) (video) that the Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been selected to receive a $350,000 prize to…
CDFI Fund: CDFI Equitable Recovery Program Technical Assistance Workshops Available
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will be conducting a series of regional workshops to provide technical assistance to CDFI Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP) Award Recipients. The in-person workshops will consist of interactive sessions structured around CDFI ERP requirements and Recipient needs. The goal of the workshops…
SBA: Third Annual Small Business Cyber Summit Scheduled for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Summit Aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration’s Cybersecurity Strategy, Will Rally Cyber Nerds and Business Moguls to Protect Entrepreneurs from Escalating Attacks Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)(Link is external) announced that it will host its leading Small Business Cyber Summit on October 16 and 23. The free cybersecurity series builds on the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy(Link is…
SBA: Department of Veterans Affairs and SBA Join Forces to Promote Veteran Entrepreneurship
New Agreement Formalizes Collaboration on Nationwide Trainings On August 12, 2024, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) and the…
FEMA: 93 More Communities and Tribes Added to Program for Free Hands-On Support to Build Climate Resiliency, Bringing Total to 167 Nationwide
FEMA today announced 93 local communities, tribes and territories across all 10 FEMA regions will receive non-financial Direct Technical Assistance to help build community-wide resilience through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program. This more than doubles the number of recipients from last year. This announcement comes following the agency’s recent announcement on the 656 BRIC recipients. “FEMA is…
SBA: 2023 THRIVE Program Winners Recognized
Cohorts from Puerto Rico and Seattle Will Be Honored at the National Small Business Week Ceremony in Washington, D.C. Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, recognized the 2023 T.H.R.I.V.E. Emerging Leaders Reimagined cohort winners in Seattle and North Metro Puerto Rico…