Women's Business Center Program

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	Federal Grant Title:	Women's Business Center Program
	CFDA Number:	59.043
	CFDA Description:	Women's Business Ownership Assistance
	Federal Agency Name:	Small Business Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Business and Commerce
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	OWBO-2006-024
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Apr 11, 2006
	Creation Date:	May 15, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 17, 2006
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	May 18, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	16
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$12,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$150,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: An eligible applicant must be a private, non-profit organization with 501(c) Federal tax-exempt status from the U.S. Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service.
Grant Description: ATTENTION: This modification is issued to rescind the request for required documents shown under Program Announcement 2006-024, Section IV; A.; 3. a.-f., and the volunteer Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants form. Successful applicants selected under this announcement will be requested to submit these forms at a later date as determined by SBA. Program Announcement No. OWBO-2006-024U.S. Small Business Administration / Office of Womens Business Ownership Federal Assistance to Start New Womens Business Centers (WBC) Projects Opening: April 12, 2006Closing: May 17, 2006 at 11:59 pmThe U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue Program Announcement No.OWBO-2006-024 to invite organizations to apply for a grant to start a new Womens Business Center project. An eligible applicant is a private nonprofit organization with 501 (c) tax exempt status from the U.S. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service. The successful applicant will receive a cooperative agreement award for one year plus 4 optional years, subject to availability of funds, to provide counseling, training and other technical assistance to women who want to start or expand businesses. The authorizing legislation is Section 29 (1) of the Small Business Act, (15 U.S.C. Section 656 (1) (as amended by Public Law 109-108). The program announcement will be similar to the SBA Program Announcement No. OWBO-2006-025, which invites previous WBC recipients to apply for a second 5-year term to sustain their existing WBC projects. A Womens Business Center is a community-based project that is funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration through a grant that requires matching funds. The project is a planned scope of activities that provide business skills services targeted to women. The project must operate as a distinct unit of the recipients organization having its own budget for staff, facilities, equipment and resources to carry out project activities. The WBC services must include long-term training and counseling to benefit nascent and existing small business concerns that are owned and controlled by women. Service areas must include financial, management, marketing, eCommerce and government procurement/certification assistance. Applicants must plan to include women who are socially and economically disadvantaged in the target group. The applicant may focus on specialized business categories to assist women who are veterans, have disabilities, and are in agribusiness, home-based businesses and living in Empowerment Zones, rural and urban areas, etc. Award recipients must provide non-Federal matching funds as follows: In project years one and two, the recipient must provide match equal to one non-Federal dollar for each two Federal dollars. In project years three, four and five, the recipient must provide match equal to one non-Federal dollar for each Federal dollar. Questions about this program announcement should be directed Sally Murrell, Office of Womens Business Ownership, at (202)205-6673. Questions about budget or funding matters should be directed to Adrienne Y. Dinkins, Office of Procurement & Grants Management at (202) 205-6622.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Women's Business Center Program
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