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SBA Administrator Guzman Participates in Final White House Initiative on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders Economic Summit
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/08/09/sba-administrator-guzman-participates-final-white-house-initiative-asian-american-native-hawaiian… Isabel Casillas Guzman , head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President … 9, 2024 Article Type Archived news release U.S. Small Business Administration Email Press_Office@sba.gov … -
5 Ways to Support Staff with Education and Development
https://www.sba.gov/blog/5-ways-support-staff-education-development… or improves job skills and does not lead to a new trade or business. For more information, see IRS Publication 15-B, … at the workplace is beneficial to employees and your business. Job training helps your staff adapt to changes in … For more about this, read 8 Tips for Training Your Small Business Employees on a Budget . Help with student loans The … -
FL 15303 - SBA Continues Commitment to Florida Hurricane Irma Recovery With Disaster Loan Outreach Centers and Hours of Operation
https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/dec/30/fl-15303-sba-continues-commitment-florida-hurricane-irma-recovery-disaster-loan-outreach-centers… Centers and Hours of Operation ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved almost 30,000 disaster … on Friday, Dec. 29 Miami-Dade County U.S. Small Business Administration – District Office 100 S. Biscayne … be returned to a recovery center or mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, … -
Nine2Five Overcomes Economic Obstacles with SBA Assistance to Win Franchisee of the Year 2022
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/nine2five-overcomes-economic-obstacles-sba-assistance-win-franchisee-year-2022… his $86,000 PPP application to be approved and funded. His business was also eligible and received $10,000 in the EIDL … to Shortland, 2022 has seen excellent growth in his business and SBA made it easy to do honest business with a government agency. The PPP loan has been … -
Brian’s Plumbing succeeds with Support from SBDC
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/brians-plumbing-succeeds-support-sbdc… with Support from SBDC Brian Walser started his plumbing business with a load of ambition and a pickup, working out of … part to the advice and encouragement from America’s Small Business Development Center at Midwestern State University … plumbers with sales that exceed $2.5 million. The business services commercial accounts, but 75% of his … -
Minority-Owned Roofing Company Adds Competitive Edge with SBA Programs
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/minority-owned-roofing-company-adds-competitive-edge-sba-programs… Minority-Owned Roofing Company Adds Competitive Edge with SBA Programs … “construction worker by training” with limited college and business education, he reached out for assistance learning … to the success and survival of his company. As a minority-owned company, Hackett’s use of SBA’s programs have provided … -
Second Colorado Springs Funeral Home Operator Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud Grieving Families and COVID-19 Relief Program
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/08/05/second-colorado-springs-funeral-home-operator-pleads-guilty-scheme-defraud-grieving-families-covid… guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Hallford, who owned and operated Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado … least 190 bodies over four years and defrauded the Small Business Administration (SBA) through fraudulent COVID-19 … Act created the PPP, a program administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that provided loans to small … -
FL 15324 - SBA Disaster Assistance Now Available in Additional Counties for Private NonProfit Organizations in Florida
https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/oct/09/fl-15324-sba-disaster-assistance-now-available-additional-counties-private-nonprofit-organizations… Organizations in Florida ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that additional … real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. The interest rate is 2.5 percent with terms … be returned to a recovery center or mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, … -
VI 15294 y 15321 - SBA Cierra Los Centros de Recuperación de Negocios para el día de MLK; Aprueba Más de $300 Millones de Préstamos Por Desastre en Las Islas Vírgenes
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/jan/11/vi-15294-y-15321-sba-cierra-los-centros-de-recuperacion-de-negocios-para-el-dia-de-mlk-aprueba-mas… operación de los BRCs se indican abajo: St. Croix Small Business Development Center 4100 Sion Farm Shopping Center, … 16 Christiansted St. Croix, VI 00820 St. Thomas Small Business Development Center University of the Virgin Islands … solicitudes pueden ser enviadas por correo a: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, … -
$8.39 Million Settlement With College Relating To Improper Receipt Of Paycheck Protection Program Loan
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/12/19/839-million-settlement-college-relating-improper-receipt-paycheck-protection-program-loan… in Charge of the Eastern Regional Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Inspector General … -
Wetland Plants Inc.
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/wetland-plants-inc… The resource she turned to was the Elizabeth City Small Business and Technology Development Center. Working with SBTDC counselors, Colodney gained in-depth business knowledge and was exposed to new resources for … Grant and the NCGrowth Grant). “When you’re a small business in a rural community, and in a unique field, there … -
Smoky Lake Maple Products Taps SCORE Mentors for Export Success
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/smoky-lake-maple-products-taps-score-mentors-export-success… Jim quit his job and devoted himself full time to the business. Angela used her background as an art director to … and design. After some trial and error on the business side of their passion, they turned to SCORE in 2016 … when it was needed to enhance Angela’s understanding on business management. She started with determining how to … -
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Dover Emergency-Management Firm Manages Through Growing Pains to Secure Success With Little Help from SBA
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/dover-emergency-management-firm-manages-through-growing-pains-secure-success-little… the entrepreneurial landscape, and quickly developed business-building relationships with small-business-building resources like the SBA-backed SCORE, Delaware Small Business Development Center, and the University of … -
Tamarack Tap Room Finds a Way Forward with SBA Assistance
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/tamarack-tap-room-finds-way-forward-sba-assistance… the Taproom received financial support from the U.S. Small Business Administration. His restaurants benefited from the … the form of an unseasonably warm spring has brought extra business to their patio as well. “Everything that the SBA … -
Utah Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program Out of $437,230
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/11/25/utah-businessman-sentenced-prison-defrauding-covid-19-paycheck-protection-program-out-437230… to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program and the Small Business Administration by unlawfully submitting and … agent and an owner of Salt IT Solutions LLC, a Utah business, fraudulently obtained $437,230 in PPP Loan … crimes impacted all taxpaying citizens and small business owners that legitimately needed pandemic-related … -
Sydor Optics uses STEP to Step up its International Sales
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sydor-optics-uses-step-step-its-international-sales… on the leading edge of the optics industry. The family-owned Rochester manufacturing company specializes in custom … a new facility in Rochester, NY to support its growing business and in the early in the 2000’s, Sydor continued to … show in 2024, as well as fund necessary international business regulation training to Sydor employees. “STEP offers … -
Counseling, SBA-guaranteed loan help Illinois pest management firm scale up
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/counseling-sba-guaranteed-loan-help-illinois-pest-management-firm-scale… from pigeon guano while playing in a Chicago alley – small business owner Rebecca Fyffe strives to manage pests and … role, but needed guidance. Rebecca turned to the Women’s Business Development Center, an SBA partner, and took … Inner City, an entrepreneurial training program that helps business owners gain skills in professional management. This … -
FL 15324 - SBA Disaster Assistance Now Available in Additional Counties for Private NonProfit Organizations in Florida
https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/oct/31/fl-15324-sba-disaster-assistance-now-available-additional-counties-private-nonprofit-organizations… Organizations in Florida ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that the following … real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. The interest rate is 2.5 percent with terms … . Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, …