Portable Assistance Program

The summary for the Portable Assistance Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Small Business Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Portable Assistance Program: SBA seeks to make grants under the SBDC Portable Assistance Project to SBDC Lead Centers that provide services and/or develop small business assistance products that are centered on a replicable plan of action to increase small business success and viability in communities suffering economic hardship attributable to the impact of a major disaster in their service area. SBA is particularly interested in collaborative efforts (community, regional, statewide, industry sector, etc.) that may serve as best practices and models of small business assistance in areas suffering from job loss and related economic distress as a result a major disaster. Applicants are encouraged to design and develop innovative programs and services to address the purpose of this Project, and efforts fundedunder this announcement should produce products and methodologies that can be exported to and replicated by SBDCs in other locations nationwide.