Veterans Business Outreach Center Program

The summary for the Veterans Business Outreach Center Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Veterans Business Outreach Center Program
	CFDA Number:	59.044
	CFDA Description:	Veterans Entrepreneurial Training and Counseling
	Federal Agency Name:	Small Business Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Business and Commerce
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	VBOC-2010-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jan 20, 2010
	Creation Date:	Jan 20, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 22, 2010 The closing date is February 22, 2010 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 22, 2010 The closing date is February 22, 2010 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
	Archive Date:	Feb 23, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	12
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$150,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: An eligible applicant for the VBOC program is a responsible educational institution, private business, a veteran's nonprofit community-based organization, or a Federal, State or local Veteran's Services departments and agencies for the establishment and implementation of outreach business assistance programs for veterans and service disabled veterans, including discharging service members and reserve component members and their families.
Grant Description: : The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued Program Announcement No.OVBD-2010-001. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue Federal cooperative agreement awards to eligible nonprofit & State and Local government organizations to conduct Veteran's Business Outreach Center (VBOC) projects. The projects are to provide outreach, assessment, long and short-term business training, counseling, directed referring, electronic or on-line assistance and other technical assistance services to veteran, service disabled veteran and US Military Reserve Component business owners and entrepreneurs, including discharging service members eligible for participation in the DOD/DOL Transition Assistance Program. The project period is a 5-year term consisting of one base year funding with four option years.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/ovbd/index.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Ramona Peyton (202) 619-1690 ramona.peyton@sba.gov

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