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L -- WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER (WBC) PROGRAM SOL OWBO-2001-015 POC Sally Murrell, WBC Program Manager (202) 205-6673 or Mina A. Bookhard, Agreement Officer (202) 205-708 The U.S. 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 (WBC) projects. The authorizing legislation is the Small Business Act, sub-section 2(h) and 29, 15 U.S.C. sub-section 631 (h) and 656. The application period will be from late September 2000 to mid-November 2000. SBA Headquarters must receive applications/proposals by 4:00 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 a cooperative agreement award to provide counseling, 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 with 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. Contact Sally Murrell, WBC Program Manager at (202) 205-6673 or Mina A. Bookhard, Agreement Officer at (202) 205-7080. Posted 08/15/00 (W-SN486336). (0228)

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