OpportunityTitle: Veterans Business Outreach Center Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: An eligible applicant for the VBOC program is a responsible educational institution, private business, a veteran&#146;s nonprofit community-based organization, or a Federal, State or local Veteran&#146;s Services departments and agencies for the establishment and implementation of outreach business assistance programs for veterans and service disabled veterans, including discharging service members and reserve component members and their families.
Description: : The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued Program Announcement No.OVBD-2010-001. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue Federal cooperative agreement awards to eligible nonprofit &amp; State and Local government organizations to conduct Veteran&#146;s Business Outreach Center (VBOC) projects. The projects are to provide outreach, assessment, long and short-term business training, counseling, directed referring, electronic or on-line assistance and other technical assistance services to veteran, service disabled veteran and US Military Reserve Component business owners and entrepreneurs, including discharging service members eligible for participation in the DOD/DOL Transition Assistance Program. The project period is a 5-year term consisting of one base year funding with four option years.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ramona.peyton@sba.gov
GrantorContactText: Ramona Peyton  &lt;br/&gt;(202) 619-1690 &lt;br/&gt;ramona.peyton@sba.gov
CloseDateExplanation: The closing date is February 22, 2010 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.