The US Small Business Administration (SBA) announced $300,000 in funding for three organizations to deliver the SBA’s Women Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Program (WVETP) to local veterans.
This grant funding opportunity, provided by SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development, supports each organization’s programs to engage women veterans in entrepreneurship by helping them through the planning stages of a new business or finding new ways to grow their existing small business. Over 9,500 women veterans participated in WVETPs during fiscal year 2023.
The WVETP awardees are as follows:
- Syracuse University’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families: Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship, $150,000
- ONABEN: Beyond the Boots: A Veteran and Service Member Initiative, $75,000
- Utah Veteran Business Resource Center at Salt Lake Community College, $75,000
“The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to honoring the service of the over two million women veterans in the US by making sure we support those who are looking to start or grow a business,” said Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the SBA. “We are proud to invest in women veterans by collaborating with these incredible mission-driven organizations to deliver the SBA’s Women Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Program and empower women veterans with skills and guidance to build resilient businesses.”
