[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23047]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Federal Assistance for Women's Business Center (WBC) Program To 
Provide Financial Counseling and Other Management and Technical 
Assistance to Women

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Program Announcement No. OWBO-2001-015.

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SUMMARY: This notice corrects the application period of Program 
Announcement No. OWBO-2001-15. The previous notice (Doc. 00-20873), 
published August 17, 2000, stated that the application period will be 
from late September 2001 to mid-November 2001. The correct application 
period will be from late September 2000 to mid-November 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As stated in the previous notice, The Small 
Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue Program Announcement No. 
OWBO-2001-015 to invite applications from eligible nonprofit 
organizations to conduct Women's Business Center projects. The 
authorizing legislation is the Small Business Act, 2 (h) and 29, 15 
U.S.C. 631 (h) and 656. SBA Headquarters must receive applications/
proposals by 4 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing date of the 
application period. SBA will select successful applicants using a 
competitive process. The successful applicants will receive an award to 
provide long term training and other technical assistance to women who 
want to start or expand businesses.
    Service and assistance areas must include financial, management, 
marketing, loan packaging, eCommerce and government procurement/
certification assistance. Applicants must plan to include women who are 
socially and economically disadvantaged in the target group. The 
applicant may propose specialized services that will assist women in 
Empowerment Zones, women who are veterans, women with disabilities, 
women who have home-based businesses, women in agribusiness, or women 
in rural or urban areas. SBA will require award recipients to provide 
content and support to the SBA-funded Online Women's Business Center, 
(www.onlinewbc,org) and provide training on the business uses of the 
Internet. Each applicant must submit a five-year plan that describes 
proposed fund-raising, training and technical assistance activities. A 
center may receive financial assistance up to five years, however, the 
award will be issued annually to conduct a 12-month project.
    Award recipients must provide non-Federal matching funds as 
follows: one non-Federal dollar for each two Federal dollars in years 1 
and 2; and one non-Federal dollar for each Federal dollar in years 3, 4 
and 5. Up to one-half of the non-Federal matching funds may be in the 
form of in-kind contributions.

DATES: The application period will be from late September 2000 to mid-
November 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Murrell, (202) 205-6673 or Mina 
Wales, (202) 205-7080.

Sherrye P. Henry,
Assistant Administrator, SBA /Office of Women's Business Ownership.
[FR Doc. 00-23047 Filed 9-7-00; 8:45 am]
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