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Special announcement

Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America’s 36 million small businesses.

Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose a clean funding bill, they are stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding.

As a result of the shutdown, we wanted to notify you that many of our services supporting small businesses are currently unavailable. The agency is executing its Lapse Plan and as soon as the shutdown is over, we are prepared to immediately return to the record-breaking services we were providing under the leadership of the Trump Administration.

If you need disaster assistance, please visit sba.gov/disaster.

Tri-State Procurement Webinar - The VA, SBA’s Vets Programs, and Your Local VBOC

Date and time

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. CST

Location

Online

Host organization

Apex Accelerator

Type of event

Resource Partner event

Event description

National Veteran Small Business Week!

Join us in learning how the government gives back to our veterans. The Veterans Administration (VA), Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) and the SBA will showcase on how they support the veteran small business community.

Sara Hanson from the VA will explain how to do business with the VA, and how the Vet’s first program works.

Michael Danielson from the VBOC of the Dakotas will go over the services they can provide to veteran entrepreneurs.

Natt Lee from the Minnesota District Office of the SBA will explain the Veterans Owned Small Business (VOSB) certification programs.
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