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Provides transitioning active duty service members training in how to start and grow a business. Offers a 2 day Introduction to Entrepreneurship workshop taught at a local military instillation which will provide an education on business fundamentals and an analysis on the feasibility and sustainability of the service member's business concept. Also offers an 8 week Foundations of Entrepreneurship course taught online via the University of Syracuse in which the service member will learn the fundamentals of developing a business plan.

Provides start-up and operating assistance to business owners located in or wanting to locate in the service area. Services include marketing of retail space, promoting local events and business features, merchant peer groups, business improvement practice guidance, and referrals to other development support services

Offers free services to help start a small business or to make a small business more profitable including individual counseling, mentoring, workshops, and seminars. Services are provided by volunteers including retired and working business owners, executives, and corporate leaders who share their wisdom and lessons learned in business. Also offers workshops and webinars to help new businesses get started and existing businesses improve their operations and profitability.

Provides several types of guaranteed small business loans. Loans can be used for the cost of start up, expansion, equipment purchases, permanent working capital, and inventory or business-occupied real estate purchases.

Assists with starting a business and accessing capital. Offers the following services: * Accounting assistance * Business management counseling * Help with certifications * Contract procurement * Estimating/bidding assistance * Identifying local resources * Loan assistance * Marketing plan development * Referrals to financial assistance programs * Program provided through partnership with Akron Minority Business Assistance Center (MBAC) hosted by the Akron Urban League (AUL) to bring business counseling services to Richland County.

Teaches nonprofit organizations how to begin summer lunch programs and 3-Generation Family ESL programs. Educates the community about poverty in the suburbs via speeches, poverty simulations, newspaper articles and television news stories.

Provides an entrepreneurial business training program that includes hands-on training, peer mentoring, a support network, and capital. A 13-week, 50-hour business plan course is offered 3 times a year, as well as a mentoring program for graduates in business and an alumni support and networking group. Also offers a micro-lending program for program graduates.

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Provides several types of guaranteed small business loans. Loans can be used for the cost of start up, expansion, equipment purchases, permanent working capital, and inventory or business-occupied real estate purchases.

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

Provides online and in-person information and resources for nonprofit agencies. Services include professional development (certificates and workshops), technical assistance/consultations, online Job Center and online on-demand resources and educational opportunities.

Assists with business start-up issues including applications and regulations.

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

Provides interest-free loans. Includes: - Standard Loan of up to $10,000 for people who cannot access traditional financing. - Education Loan of up to $5,000 for: - Traditional 2 and 4 year degrees - Educational Loan of up to $10,000 for: - Graduate and post-graduate studies. - Certification programs. - Trade schools. - Coding boot camps and other accredited “short term” programs. - Study abroad programs. Business Loan of up to $20,000. Requires more documentation than other loans. There are agencies that can assist in process. Agency has a Uniform Commercial Code lien against business assets for the duration of the loan.

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

Provides training to learn new job skills and to increase current job skill levels in a wide variety of professional employment areas. Provides background for testing for certification and professional licensure as well as continuing education credits where appropriate. Service is also available to employers wishing to increase skills of their employees as a whole. Areas covered include: bank teller training, truck driver training, training and education for those in the construction trades, small business development, customer service, careers working with aging individuals, health care careers (State Tested Nursing Assistant-STNA- training), Spanish for health care professionals, social work certification, human resources, meeting/event planning, food service/hospitality, classes to prepare for standardized tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and other college entrance exams, police/fire/emergency training, and computer classes (including certification in advanced information technology).

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training, training supplies and books, financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed to work), occupational supplies, placement, small business development, and follow-up on the job. Also helps disabled students who are transitioning from school to work or college after high school. Some of the above services are provided by other agencies through a referral process.

Provides advocacy, talent and workforce programs, business networking opportunities and cost-saving benefits like health insurance, workers comp group rating and energy programs. Hosts the the Minority Business Assistance Center and Small Business Development Center which provide no-cost small business counseling for start-up and existing businesses.

Offers a variety of educational and supportive services for start-up and existing businesses, including business, computer, and social media classes, workshops, and seminars, financial literacy classes, and one-on-one coaching.

Provides training to learn new job skills and to increase current job skill levels in a wide variety of professional employment areas. Provides background for testing for certification and professional licensure as well as continuing education credits where appropriate. Service is also available to employers wishing to increase skills of their employees as a whole. Areas covered include: bank teller training, truck driver training, training and education for those in the construction trades, small business development, customer service, careers working with aging individuals, health care careers (State Tested Nursing Assistant-STNA- training), Spanish for health care professionals, social work certification, human resources, meeting/event planning, food service/hospitality, classes to prepare for standardized tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and other college entrance exams, police/fire/emergency training, and computer classes (including certification in advanced information technology).

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training, training supplies and books, financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed to work), occupational supplies, placement, small business development, and follow-up on the job. Also helps disabled students who are transitioning from school to work or college after high school. Some of the above services are provided by other agencies through a referral process.

Offers business development classes and one-on-one consultations.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.

This young professionals group are for ages 21-45 who work in Knox County, Ohio. They meet when scheduled for networking and discussions.