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Contiguous Counties: (Economic Injury
Loans Only):
West Virginia: Lewis, Pendleton,
Randolph, Upshur.
Virginia: Highland.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Action Subject to Intergovernmental
Review
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of action subject to
intergovernmental review under
Executive Order 12372.
AGENCY:
The Small Business
Administration (SBA) is notifying the
public that it intends to fund grant
applications for 41 existing Small
Business Development Centers (SBDCs)
beginning January 1, 2017 subject to the
availability of funds. A description of
the SBDC program is contained in the
supplementary information below.
SUMMARY:
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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The SBA is publishing this notice at
least 90 days before the expected
funding date. The SBDCs mailing
addresses listed below are participating
in the intergovernmental review
process. A copy of this notice also is
being furnished to the respective State
single points of contact designated
under the Executive Order.
A State single point of contact
and other interested State or local
entities may submit written comments
regarding funding of an SBDC within 30
days from the date of publication of this
notice. Please address any comments to
the relevant SBDC State Director listed
below.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
ADDRESSES OF RELEVANT SBDC STATE DIRECTORS
Mr. James Yerka, Acting SBDC State Director, Utah State University,
9750 South 300 West, Sandy, UT 84070 (801) 957–5257.
Ms. Michele Abraham, SBDC State Director, University of South Carolina, 1705 College Street Columbia, SC 29208, (803) 777–4555.
Ms. Diane R. Howerton, SBDC Regional Director, University of California, Merced, 550 East Shaw, Suite 100, Fresno, CA 93710, (559)
241–6590.
Mr. Marquise Jackson, Acting SBDC Regional Director, Southwestern
Community College, 880 National City Blvd., National City, CA
91950, (619) 216–6718.
Mr. Casey Jeszenka, SBDC Network Director, University of Guam,
P.O. Box 5014—U.O.G. Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, (671) 735–
2590.
Mr. Dan Ripke, SBDC Regional Director, California State University
Chico, Building 35, CSU Chico, Chico, CA 95929, (530) 898–4598.
Mr. Michael Daniel, SBDC Regional Director, Orange County/Inland
Empire Network, 800 North State College Blvd., SGMH 53, Fullerton,
CA 92831, (657) 278–5138.
Ms. Laura Fine, Acting SBDC State Director, University of Arkansas,
2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, (501) 683–
7700.
Mr. Allan Adams, SBDC, State Director University of Georgia Chicopee
Complex, 1180 East Broad Street Athens, GA 30602, (706) 542–
6762.
Mr. Rich Grogan, SBDC State Director, University of New Hampshire,
10 Garrison Ave. Durham, NH 03824, (603) 862–1446.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Vicky Mundt, Deputy Associate
Administrator, Office of Small Business
Development Centers, U.S. Small
Business Administration, 409 Third
Street SW., Sixth Floor, Washington, DC
20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the SBDC Program
Small Business Development Centers
(SBDCs) provide a wide array of
technical assistance to small businesses
and aspiring entrepreneurs supporting
business performance and sustainability
and enhancing the creation of new
businesses entities. These small
businesses in turn foster local and
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Mr. Herbert Thweatt, SBDC Director, American Samoa Community
College, P.O. Box 2609, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799, (684)
699–4830.
Mr. Michael Myhre, SBDC State Director, University of West Florida,
11000 University Parkway, Bldg. 38, Pensacola, FL 32514, (850)
473–7802.
Mr. Sam Males, SBDC State Director, University of Nevada Reno, College of Business Admin., Room 441, Reno, NV 89557–0100, (775)
784–1717.
Mr. Patrick Nye, Acting SBDC Regional Director, Long Beach Community College, 4901 E Carson Street, MC 05, Long Beach, CA 90808,
(562) 938–5020.
Ms. Kristin Johnson, SBDC Regional Director, Humboldt State University, Office of Economic & Community Dev., 1 Harpst Street, House
71, Room 110, Areata, CA 95521, (707) 826–3920.
Ms. Janice Washington, SBDC State Director, Maricopa County
Comm. College, 2411 West 14th Street, Suite 132, Tempe, AZ
85281–6942, (480) 731–8722.
Mr. Carl Brown, SBDC Executive Director, Howard University, 2600 6th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20059, (202) 806–1550.
Mr. David Martin, SBDC State Director, University of North Dakota, 140
Gamble Hall, 293 Centennial Drive, Stop 7308, Grand Forks, ND
58202, (701) 715–2475.
Mr. Edward Huttenhower, SBDC Executive Director, University of
Rhode Island, 75 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881, (401)
874–5936.
Mr. Keith Brophy, State Director, 1034 L. William Seidman Center, 50
Front Avenue SW., Grand Rapids, MI 49504, (616) 331–7371.
regional economic development through
job creation and retention as a result of
the extensive one-on-one long-term
counseling, training and specialized
services they receive from the SBDCs.
The SBDCs are made up of a unique
collaboration of SB A, state and local
governments, and private sector funding
resources.
SBDCs provide clients with
professional business assistance
regarding business plans, market
research, financial preparation
packages, cash flow, and procurement
contracts. Special emphasis areas
include: Manufacturing; international
trade and export assistance; ecommerce; technology transfer;
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assistance for veterans, both active duty
and personnel returning from
deployment; disaster recovery
assistance; IRS, EPA, and OSHA
regulatory compliance; as well as
research and development. Based on
client needs, business trends and
individual business requirements,
SBDCs modify their services to meet the
evolving needs through more than 900
local service delivery points across the
nation and all U.S. Territories.
SBDCs deliver these services to small
business concerns using an effective
education network of 63 Lead Centers
reaching out to both rural and urban
areas, serving entrepreneurs of all types
throughout a state or region. SBDCs can
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be found in every U.S. state, the District
of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico,
American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. SBDCs provide professional
business counseling free of charge along
with low cost training.
To reach the millions of small
businesses across the U.S., SBDC
assistance is available virtually
anywhere: From rural circuit riders in
Alaska to marine services in the Outer
Banks of North Carolina. Many centers
are located within or are co-located
with: Local economic development
entities; chambers of commerce;
Department of Defense’s Procurement
Technical Assistance Centers; The
Department of Commerce’s
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
sites; and community colleges. Some
SBDCs also have International Trade
Centers and some are classified by a
special emphasis on Technology.
Lead Center SBDCs hosts include:
• 49 University-sponsored Lead
SBDCs.
2 SBDC locations are located at
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (Howard University in
Washington, DC and the University of
the Virgin Islands, U.S.V.I.).
• 7 Community college-sponsored
Lead SBDCs.
Dallas-TX, OR, NM, AZ, San DiegoCA, Los Angeles, CA, and American
Samoa.
• 7 State-sponsored Lead SBDCs (CO,
IL, IN, MN, MT, OH, & WV).
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Program Objectives
The SBDC program uses Federal
funds to leverage the resources of states,
academic institutions and the private
sector to:
(a) Strengthen the nation’s small
business communities;
(b) increase local economic growth;
(c) ensure inclusiveness by
broadening the impact of SBDC
technical assistance to underserved
markets.
SBDC Program Organization
1. Through a partnership between
SBA and institutions of higher
education and state government, a
network of 63 lead SBDCs are managed
by the Office of Small Business
Development Centers (OSBDC). The
local District Offices have a Project
Officer to ensure each SBDC provides
quality services and is in compliance
with its negotiated Cooperative
Agreement with the SBA. OSBDC has
six Program Managers who each have a
portfolio of 10–12 SBDCs for which they
are responsible for SBDC performance
management. OSBDC also has three
Grants Managers along with a finance
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staff who oversee the issuance and
budget aspects of the Cooperative
Agreement. SBDCs operate on the basis
of an annual proposed plan to provide
assistance within a state or geographic
area. The initial plan must have the
written approval of the Governor. NonFederal funds must match Federal funds
by 1:1.
Dated: June 24, 2016.
Adriana Menchaca-Gendron,
Associate Administrator for Small Business
Development Centers.
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SBDC Services
An SBDC must have a full range of
business development and technical
assistance services in its area of
operations, supporting local small
business needs, SBA priorities and
established SBDC program objectives.
Services include training and
professional business advising to
existing and prospective small business
owners in all areas of small firm
establishment and growth, including:
Management; online and social media
and marketing; finance and access to
capital; exporting and international
trade; manufacturing; and business
operations, including disaster
mitigation.
The SBA district office and the SBDC
negotiate annually through this funding
announcement the specific mix of
services and best use of program funds
to meet mutually agreed upon annual
milestones, giving particular attention to
SBA’s annual priorities and special
emphasis groups, including veterans,
women, the disabled, and other
minorities.
SBDC Program Requirements
An SBDC must meet required
programmatic and financial
requirements established by statute,
regulations, other program directive and
its Cooperative Agreement. Following
these guidelines an SBDC must:
(a) Provide services that are accessible
to all persons, especially those who
identify as disabled;
(b) open all service centers during
normal business hours of the
community or during the normal
business hours of its state or academic
Host Organization, throughout the year;
(c) develop working relationships
with financial institutions, the
investment communities, professional
associations, private consultants and
local small business groups;
(d) establish a lead center which
operates and oversees a statewide or
regional network of SBDC service
centers;
(e) have a full-time Director; and
(f) expend at least 80 percent of the
Federal funds to provide direct client
services to small businesses.
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[Disaster Declaration #14740 and #14741]
Texas Disaster Number TX–00473
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Amendment 2.
This is an amendment of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of Texas (FEMA–4269–DR),
dated 06/03/2016.
Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding.
Incident Period: 04/17/2016 through
04/30/2016.
Effective Date: 06/29/2016.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 08/02/2016.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 03/03/2017.
SUMMARY:
Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
ADDRESSES:
A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The notice
of the President’s major disaster
declaration for Private Non-Profit
organizations in the State of TEXAS,
dated 06/03/2016, is hereby amended to
include the following areas as adversely
affected by the disaster.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Primary Counties: Anderson, Cass,
Cherokee, Fort Bend, Harrison, Jones,
Liberty, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt,
Wood.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
James E. Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2016–16285 Filed 7–8–16; 8:45 am]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Action Subject to Intergovernmental Review
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of action subject to intergovernmental review under
Executive Order 12372.
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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is notifying the
public that it intends to fund grant applications for 41 existing Small
Business Development Centers (SBDCs) beginning January 1, 2017 subject
to the availability of funds. A description of the SBDC program is
contained in the supplementary information below.
The SBA is publishing this notice at least 90 days before the
expected funding date. The SBDCs mailing addresses listed below are
participating in the intergovernmental review process. A copy of this
notice also is being furnished to the respective State single points of
contact designated under the Executive Order.
DATES: A State single point of contact and other interested State or
local entities may submit written comments regarding funding of an SBDC
within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. Please
address any comments to the relevant SBDC State Director listed below.
ADDRESSES:
Addresses of Relevant SBDC State Directors
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Mr. James Yerka, Acting SBDC State Mr. Herbert Thweatt, SBDC
Director, Utah State University, 9750 Director, American Samoa
South 300 West, Sandy, UT 84070 (801) Community College, P.O. Box
957-5257. 2609, Pago Pago, American
Samoa 96799, (684) 699-4830.
Ms. Michele Abraham, SBDC State Mr. Michael Myhre, SBDC State
Director, University of South Director, University of West
Carolina, 1705 College Street Florida, 11000 University
Columbia, SC 29208, (803) 777-4555. Parkway, Bldg. 38, Pensacola,
FL 32514, (850) 473-7802.
Ms. Diane R. Howerton, SBDC Regional Mr. Sam Males, SBDC State
Director, University of California, Director, University of Nevada
Merced, 550 East Shaw, Suite 100, Reno, College of Business
Fresno, CA 93710, (559) 241-6590. Admin., Room 441, Reno, NV
89557-0100, (775) 784-1717.
Mr. Marquise Jackson, Acting SBDC Mr. Patrick Nye, Acting SBDC
Regional Director, Southwestern Regional Director, Long Beach
Community College, 880 National City Community College, 4901 E
Blvd., National City, CA 91950, (619) Carson Street, MC 05, Long
216-6718. Beach, CA 90808, (562) 938-
5020.
Mr. Casey Jeszenka, SBDC Network Ms. Kristin Johnson, SBDC
Director, University of Guam, P.O. Box Regional Director, Humboldt
5014--U.O.G. Station, Mangilao, GU State University, Office of
96923, (671) 735-2590. Economic & Community Dev., 1
Harpst Street, House 71, Room
110, Areata, CA 95521, (707)
826-3920.
Mr. Dan Ripke, SBDC Regional Director, Ms. Janice Washington, SBDC
California State University Chico, State Director, Maricopa
Building 35, CSU Chico, Chico, CA County Comm. College, 2411
95929, (530) 898-4598. West 14th Street, Suite 132,
Tempe, AZ 85281-6942, (480)
731-8722.
Mr. Michael Daniel, SBDC Regional Mr. Carl Brown, SBDC Executive
Director, Orange County/Inland Empire Director, Howard University,
Network, 800 North State College 2600 6th Street NW.,
Blvd., SGMH 53, Fullerton, CA 92831, Washington, DC 20059, (202)
(657) 278-5138. 806-1550.
Ms. Laura Fine, Acting SBDC State Mr. David Martin, SBDC State
Director, University of Arkansas, 2801 Director, University of North
South University Avenue, Little Rock, Dakota, 140 Gamble Hall, 293
AR 72204, (501) 683-7700. Centennial Drive, Stop 7308,
Grand Forks, ND 58202, (701)
715-2475.
Mr. Allan Adams, SBDC, State Director Mr. Edward Huttenhower, SBDC
University of Georgia Chicopee Executive Director, University
Complex, 1180 East Broad Street of Rhode Island, 75 Lower
Athens, GA 30602, (706) 542-6762. College Road, Kingston, RI
02881, (401) 874-5936.
Mr. Rich Grogan, SBDC State Director, Mr. Keith Brophy, State
University of New Hampshire, 10 Director, 1034 L. William
Garrison Ave. Durham, NH 03824, (603) Seidman Center, 50 Front
862-1446. Avenue SW., Grand Rapids, MI
49504, (616) 331-7371.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicky Mundt, Deputy Associate
Administrator, Office of Small Business Development Centers, U.S. Small
Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW., Sixth Floor, Washington,
DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the SBDC Program
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) provide a wide array of
technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs
supporting business performance and sustainability and enhancing the
creation of new businesses entities. These small businesses in turn
foster local and regional economic development through job creation and
retention as a result of the extensive one-on-one long-term counseling,
training and specialized services they receive from the SBDCs. The
SBDCs are made up of a unique collaboration of SB A, state and local
governments, and private sector funding resources.
SBDCs provide clients with professional business assistance
regarding business plans, market research, financial preparation
packages, cash flow, and procurement contracts. Special emphasis areas
include: Manufacturing; international trade and export assistance; e-
commerce; technology transfer; assistance for veterans, both active
duty and personnel returning from deployment; disaster recovery
assistance; IRS, EPA, and OSHA regulatory compliance; as well as
research and development. Based on client needs, business trends and
individual business requirements, SBDCs modify their services to meet
the evolving needs through more than 900 local service delivery points
across the nation and all U.S. Territories.
SBDCs deliver these services to small business concerns using an
effective education network of 63 Lead Centers reaching out to both
rural and urban areas, serving entrepreneurs of all types throughout a
state or region. SBDCs can
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be found in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto
Rico, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands. SBDCs provide
professional business counseling free of charge along with low cost
training.
To reach the millions of small businesses across the U.S., SBDC
assistance is available virtually anywhere: From rural circuit riders
in Alaska to marine services in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Many
centers are located within or are co-located with: Local economic
development entities; chambers of commerce; Department of Defense's
Procurement Technical Assistance Centers; The Department of Commerce's
Manufacturing Extension Partnership sites; and community colleges. Some
SBDCs also have International Trade Centers and some are classified by
a special emphasis on Technology.
Lead Center SBDCs hosts include:
49 University-sponsored Lead SBDCs.
2 SBDC locations are located at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (Howard University in Washington, DC and the University of
the Virgin Islands, U.S.V.I.).
7 Community college-sponsored Lead SBDCs.
Dallas-TX, OR, NM, AZ, San Diego-CA, Los Angeles, CA, and American
Samoa.
7 State-sponsored Lead SBDCs (CO, IL, IN, MN, MT, OH, &
WV).
Program Objectives
The SBDC program uses Federal funds to leverage the resources of
states, academic institutions and the private sector to:
(a) Strengthen the nation's small business communities;
(b) increase local economic growth;
(c) ensure inclusiveness by broadening the impact of SBDC technical
assistance to underserved markets.
SBDC Program Organization
1. Through a partnership between SBA and institutions of higher
education and state government, a network of 63 lead SBDCs are managed
by the Office of Small Business Development Centers (OSBDC). The local
District Offices have a Project Officer to ensure each SBDC provides
quality services and is in compliance with its negotiated Cooperative
Agreement with the SBA. OSBDC has six Program Managers who each have a
portfolio of 10-12 SBDCs for which they are responsible for SBDC
performance management. OSBDC also has three Grants Managers along with
a finance staff who oversee the issuance and budget aspects of the
Cooperative Agreement. SBDCs operate on the basis of an annual proposed
plan to provide assistance within a state or geographic area. The
initial plan must have the written approval of the Governor. Non-
Federal funds must match Federal funds by 1:1.
SBDC Services
An SBDC must have a full range of business development and
technical assistance services in its area of operations, supporting
local small business needs, SBA priorities and established SBDC program
objectives. Services include training and professional business
advising to existing and prospective small business owners in all areas
of small firm establishment and growth, including: Management; online
and social media and marketing; finance and access to capital;
exporting and international trade; manufacturing; and business
operations, including disaster mitigation.
The SBA district office and the SBDC negotiate annually through
this funding announcement the specific mix of services and best use of
program funds to meet mutually agreed upon annual milestones, giving
particular attention to SBA's annual priorities and special emphasis
groups, including veterans, women, the disabled, and other minorities.
SBDC Program Requirements
An SBDC must meet required programmatic and financial requirements
established by statute, regulations, other program directive and its
Cooperative Agreement. Following these guidelines an SBDC must:
(a) Provide services that are accessible to all persons, especially
those who identify as disabled;
(b) open all service centers during normal business hours of the
community or during the normal business hours of its state or academic
Host Organization, throughout the year;
(c) develop working relationships with financial institutions, the
investment communities, professional associations, private consultants
and local small business groups;
(d) establish a lead center which operates and oversees a statewide
or regional network of SBDC service centers;
(e) have a full-time Director; and
(f) expend at least 80 percent of the Federal funds to provide
direct client services to small businesses.
Dated: June 24, 2016.
Adriana Menchaca-Gendron,
Associate Administrator for Small Business Development Centers.
[FR Doc. 2016-16291 Filed 7-8-16; 8:45 am]
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