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.

Works to provide retail, office and residential opportunities in the historic Warehouse District. Supports merchants and links business with funding opportunities. Facilitates commercial redevelopment of individual and mixed-use projects.

Supports the attraction, expansion, and retention of local businesses, assures their competitiveness, and helps them remain as assets to the local economy.

Provides a guide for starting a small buisness in Ohio.

Provides training on various topics and programs are available and can be customized for schools, colleges/universities, faith-based organizations, healthcare systems, employers, legal systems, service providers and other audiences.

Provides management counseling and guidance to small business owners and managers and those who are considering starting, growing or exiting a small business. Clients are matched with volunteers who provide one-on-one assistance. Offers seminars on a variety of topics about starting, growing, running and exiting a small business. Topics may include creating a business plan, keeping business records, marketing and finance.

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 technical assistance, peer-learning, and resources to local programs that support small businesses to preserve our vibrant neighborhoods. Services are offered by affiliate non-profit organization Apex Fund for Economic Opportunities.

The Small Business Development Center's services include: -One-on-one counseling - Business plan assistance -Orientation to federal, state, and local programs -Financing alternatives -Strategic planning -Accounting and legal issues -Local and regional networking -Marketing and promotion -Office space rental, classrooms and conference rooms

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.

Offers various direct loans to small businesses. Loans can be used for working capital, staffing salaries, inventory, machinery, equipment, land and buildings.

Provides low-barrier, responsible loan capital. Loans range from $750 to $2,000,000 . Repayment terms from 6 to 120 months . Interest rates average 5% – 9.25% . Closing costs are included in the loan . Training and resources are included . SBA loans and other funds are available . Loans can be used for business purpose including working capital, equipment, inventory, construction, and real estate.

Provides interest free loans up to $10,000 for people who meet the agency's eligibility requirements. Funds are available for small business, tuition, medical expenses, home improvements (including improvements that increase accessibility in a home), high-interest (predatory) debt on funds borrowed from other sources, and a variety of other needs. May include multiple debts into one loan request as long as amount requested does not exceed $10,000. Checks are written to the organization that is owed, not to the individual.

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.

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.

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 information and assistance to current small businesses or those wanting to locate in the service area. Provides referrals to financing resources, and assists in organizing merchants' association.

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 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.

Offers computer classes and instruction in dance, foreign languages, gardening, arts and crafts, woodworking, upholstery and babysitting. Also offers self-directed, online classes on a variety of topics.

Provides loans (below market rate interest) to purchase, rehabilitate, or construct commercial properties. Provides equipment and working capital loans for industrial and commercial development projects. Assists in the assembly of land parcels for industrial and commercial development (city of Dayton only).

Provides economic development opportunities and advocacy to businesses. Supports collaborative efforts to boost the economic vitality of the region. Initiatives include both typical chamber of commerce activities, such as membership and advocacy, and programs that focus on equity and inclusion, real estate and development, technology, talent, and COSE, the organization's small business division.

Offers information, business planning assistance, and business counseling for those who own or want to start a small business. Provides assistance in obtaining loans but does not provide direct loans. Does not provide grants to start or expand a business. Offers specialized programs for international trade, minority enterprise development, women and veteran business owners, federal government procurement, and disaster assistance. Can refer to area Small Business Development Centers with whom they are partnered.

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.