Special Localized Programs
Special local initiatives target Veterans, Service-Disabled Veterans and Reserve and National
Guard members to aid in starting, managing, maintaining and growing successful small
businesses. On line and printed Business Planning Guides are available, including:
Balancing Business and Deployment
for self-employed members of the Reserve and National Guard to prepare for mobilization,
and
Getting Veterans Back to Business
to assist in restarting or reestablishing your business upon return from active
duty. These manuals include an interactive CD ROM with a wealth of information on preparing
your business and your employees for your absence, re-establishing a small business upon return
from Title 10 activation and information on various business assistance resources available to
assist Reservist and National Guard member entrepreneurs. The CD’s also contain down loadable
and printable information on loans, government procurement and information describing the full
range of SBA’s assistance to any veteran. In addition SBA has established an online Business
Matchmaking program that may prove useful to Veterans and Service-Disabled Veterans, as well as
self-employed members of the Reserve and National Guard who have interest in competing in the
Federal marketplace.
In carrying out our mission, SBA offers programs and services designed to assist small
business owners and entrepreneurs in starting, managing and growing successful small business
concerns, in part to ensure the maximum involvement and capability of small business in supporting
the Global War On Terror, and to ensure they are a source of competitive American strength in the
global economy.
To learn more about the programs, services and business assistance tools SBA
offers as well as business and technical assistance specific to Veterans, Service Disabled Veterans
and Reservists, please explore the links below, or follow-up to our local offices and programs
located in or near the community you return home to.
