SBDC Host Institution for San Franciso Region

The summary for the SBDC Host Institution for San Franciso Region 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.

SBDC Host Institution for San Franciso Region: Program Announcement No. OSBDC-2006-04. U.S. Small Business Administration / Office of Small Business Development Centers (OSBDC). This program announcement is to fill the vacancy of the Host Institution for the Los Angeles Region SBDC serving Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties in California. OPENING DATE: July 12, 2005 CLOSING DATE: October 1, 2005 The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue Program Announcement No.OSBDC-2006-03 to invite applications to fill the vacancy of the Host Institution for the San Francisco area SBDC serving Lake, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Marin and Santa Cruz Counties in California which is funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program as authorized by Section 21 of the Small Business Act, (15 USC Section 648). Applicants will provide business management and technical assistance, including short and long-term counseling, training to clients who want to start or expand a small business. The SBDC program is the SBAs largest matching grant-funded service delivery network providing high quality business and economic development assistance to small businesses and nascent entrepreneurs in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and management improvement. The SBDCs, in partnership with SBAs Office of Small Business Development Centers (OSBDC) and SBA District Offices, develop programs and provide business management and other services that enhance the economic development goals and objectives of SBA and their other respective state and local funding partners. The SBDC program is a broad-based system of assistance for the small business community that links the resources of Federal, state, and local governments with those of the educational community and the private sector. Although SBA is responsible for the general management and oversight of the SBDC program, a partnership exists between SBA and the recipient organization to effectuate the delivery of assistance to the small business community. Award recipients must provide non-Federal matching funds at the rate of one non-Federal dollar for each Federal dollar. Up to one-half of the non-Federal match funds may be in the form of in-kind contributions but at least 50% of match must be in cash. Questions about this program announcement should be directed to Jean Smith, OSBDC, at (202)205-7262. Questions about budget or funding matters should be directed to Jean Holcombe, OSBDC at (202)205-6654. For-profit businesses are not eligible for this award. Note: This program announcement is similar to other SBA Program Announcements (OSBDC-06-01 and OSBDC-06-02); however, the intent of this Program Announcement is solely to fill the vacancy of the Host Institution for the San Francisco area Region SBDC serving Lake, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Marin and Santa Cruz Counties in California.