EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE IN CALIFORNIA, GO-BIZ ANNOUNCES $17M IN NEW SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE
21 Oct 2019
Sacramento, CA – The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced grant awards to 69 recipients of the California Small Business Technical Assistance Expansion Program (SB TAEP). The state’s $17 million in grant funding has been allocated to technical assistance centers for expansion of their business consulting and training services to historically under-resourced businesses and communities, including minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses and low-wealth, rural, and disaster-impacted communities.
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