[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4352]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Federal Assistance to Provide Financial Counseling, Technical 
Assistance and Long-term Training to Women in the State of Vermont

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Program Announcement No. OWBO-99-012, as amended by OWBO-2000-
015.

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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue program 
announcement No. OWBO-99-012, as amended by OWBO-2000-15, to invite 
applications from private, not-for-profit organizations to conduct a 
Women's Business Center (WBC) project in the State of Vermont. The 
authorizing legislation is the Small Business Act, Section 29, 15 
U.S.C. 631(h) and 656. The selection process is competitive. The 
successful applicant's WBC project will serve as a replacement for a 
previous project in the State of Vermont that ended after its 2nd year. 
The replacement WBC is to carry out a project for the remaining 3 years 
of a 5-year term.
    The Women's Business Center project must provide long-term 
training, counseling and technical assistance to women who are in and 
starting businesses. Service and assistance areas must include 
financial, management, marketing, government procurement and loan 
packaging. The applicant must submit a plan for each remaining year of 
the project term, i.e., 7/01/02-06/30/03; 07/01/03-06/30/04; and 07/01/
04-06/30/05. The applicant's proposal must include a scope of work and 
a budget not exceeding the Federal grant amount of $150,000 plus 100% 
match. Also, the proposal must include a plan to target women who are 
socially and economically challenged and a plan to contribute content 
and services to the SBA Online Women's Business Center web site at 
www.onlinewbc.gov.
    SBA will issue an annual award to the successful recipient for each 
project year, without re-competition. The award recipient must provide 
non-Federal matching funds at 100%, i.e., one non-Federal dollar for 
each Federal dollar. At least half of the non-Federal match must be in 
cash. The remainder may be in the form of in-kind contributions.

DATES: SBA will mail program announcements to interested parties 
immediately, upon request. The opening date will be March 5, 2002 and 
the closing date will be April 11, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Edmonds at (202) 205-6673 or 
[email protected].

Wilma Goldstein,
Assistant Administrator, SBA/Office of Women's Business Ownership.
[FR Doc. 02-4352 Filed 2-22-02; 8:45 am]
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