SBSES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) and RELATED RESOURCES

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Delivery Person STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Listed in Alphabetical Order

NEW YORK

The Abilities Fund
Centerville Office
410 N 18th St
Centerville, IA 52544-1823
Telephone: 641-856-2173
Toll Free: 888-222-8943
Fax: 641-856-3101

Iowa City Office
332 South Linn Street, Suite #17
Iowa City, IA 52240
Telephone: 319-338-2521
Toll Free: 866-720-3863
Fax: 319-338-2528
URL: http://www.abilitiesfund.org/

"This summer The Abilities Fund, together with a national lending partner, will launch a nationwide direct loan program for entrepreneurs with disabilities. In 45 states, loan guarantees will also be available to as a means to secure loans for entrepreneurs. Flexible terms and competitive interest rates for microloans ranging from $500 - $25,000 will be offered.

In support of new microlending services, The Abilities Fund will be expanding its online presence to include training and technical assistance. Soon, people with disabilities nationwide will have 24-hour access to features such as Feasibility First ©, business plan development, and financial planning for business startup -- all of which are resources designed to prepare entrepreneurs with disabilities for self-employment."

ACCION New York
115 East 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010
Phone: (212) 387-0494
Fax: (212) 387-0277
E-mail: info@accionnewyork.org
URL: http://www.accionnewyork.org/

"ACCION New York is committed to working with self-employed individuals who lack access to traditional forms of business credit. By providing credit and other support services to "micro" entrepreneurs, ACCION New York seeks to increase business and family incomes, create jobs and revitalize the economically disenfranchised neighborhoods of New York City and Long Island."

Action for a Better Community
550 E. Main Street, Rochester, NY 14604
Phone: (585) 325-5116
Fax: (585) 325-9108
E-mail: CAA@ABCinfo.org
URL: http://www.ABCinfo.org/

"The ABC Enterprise Center helps entrepreneurs by providing technical support to both center tenants and affiliates. The objective is to promote the creation of jobs for low-income people through the promotion and support of small businesses."

Adirondack Economic Development Corporation
60 Main Street Suite 200, P.O. Box 747, Saranac Lake, NY 12983-0747
Phone: (518) 891-5523 or toll-free (888) 243-AEDC
Fax: (518) 891-9820
E-mail: info@AEDConline.com
URL: http://www.aedconline.com/

"Our goal is to be the information source of choice for Adirondack Region communities and business people. We are pleased to include a new Business Resource Center. The Business Resource Center provides links to information of interest to business owners on topics including Customer Service, Marketing, Management and Technology. The Business Resource Center also includes useful tools like Cash Flow templates, online calculators, and Mini Business Plan."

Alternative Federal Credit Union
125 North Fulton St. Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 273-4611 or Toll-free Toll Free: (877) 273-AFCU
Fax: (607) 277-6391
E-mail: afcu@alternatives.org
URL: http://www.alternatives.org/

Provides loans and other business-related assistance to low-income persons.

American Woman's Economic Development Corporation (AWED)
216 East 45th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Phone: (917) 368-6100
Fax: (212) 692-9296
URL: http://www.awed.org

"Founded in 1976, the American Woman's Economic Development Corporation is the premier national not-for-profit organization committed to helping entrepreneurial women start and grow their own businesses. Based in New York City, AWED also has offices in Southern California, Connecticut and Washington, D. C. Since its inception, AWED has served over 100,000 women through formal course instructions, one-to-one business counseling, seminars, special events and peer group support. AWED's goals is to increase the start-up, survival and expansion rates of small businesses."

AV Financial Consulting Services
2417 Third Ave, Suite 605, Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: (347) 328-7314
Fax: (718) 823-6592
E-mail: awildavelez@msn.com
URL: http://www.avconsultingservices.com

"AV Financial Consulting Services is a women-owned, 8a Certified company and it is also certified with New York State Empire State Development Corporation and New York City Department of Small Business Services."

Bethex Federal Credit Union
20 East 179th Street, Lower Level, Bronx, NY 10453
Phone: (718) 299-9100
Fax: (718) 294-4950
E-mail: info@bethexfcu.org
URL: http://www.bethexfcu.org/

Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
LAUNCH Program
175 Remsen Street, Suite 350, Brooklyn, New York NY 11201
Phone: (718) 522- 4600
E-mail: jgeneve@bedc.org or mschulman@bedc.org
URL: http://www.bedc.org/launch_01.htm

"LAUNCH (Lead, Act, Undertake, Navigate, Change, Heal) is a unique entrepreneurial training program designed to help individuals with a history of mental illness and emotional distress start their own businesses. LAUNCH provides classroom instruction, specialized workshops, and individual support and guidance to aspiring business owners and also those with existing businesses."

The Broome County Industrial Development Agency
P.O. Box 1510, Binghamton, NY 13902-1510
Phone: (607) 778-2730
Fax: (607) 778-2911
E-mail: info@bcida.com
URL: http://www.bcida.com/homepage/index.asp

"A non-profit economic development organization, is working to improve the overall economy of Greater Binghamton, NY through attraction and expansion of new business and industry. The agency provides a wide range of business development services to local companies and new businesses considering our community."

Business Outreach Center Network
85 South Oxford Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11217
Phone: (718) 624-9115
Fax: (718) 246-1881
E-mail: bocnet@mindspring.com
URL: http://www.bocnet.org

Links to Local Offices

Capital District Community Loan Fund
255 Orange Street, Suite 103, Albany, NY 12210
Phone: (518) 436-8586
E-mail: dribleitin@aol.com
URL: http://www.cdclf.org/800.html

"The Capital District Community Loan Fund (CDCLF) is a non-profit federally certified community development financial institution serving the Capital Region of New York State -- Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren & Washington Counties. Incorporated in 1985, the community-controlled Loan Fund works to provide equitable access to capital in economically disadvantaged communities. It does this by pooling investments from concerned individuals and organizations and relending it for housing, community services and economic development."

Cattaraugus Empire Zone Corp.
120 North Union StreetOlean, NY 14760
Phone: (716) 373-9260
Fax: (716) 372 7912
E-mail: econdev@oleanny.com
URL: http://www.cattempirezone.org/

"The Cattaraugus Empire Zone (CEZ) offers new and existing companies many great opportunities for growth and expansion. Facilities located within the zone enjoy a healthy business environment with all the goods, services, and facilities you need to succeed here. More importantly, the zone offers your company a combination of development opportunities you won't find anywhere else."

Ceramics Corridor Innovation Centers
109 Canada Road, Painted Post, New York 14870
Phone: (607) 962-6387
Fax: (607) 962-0645
E-mail: corridor@ceramicscorridor.org
URL: http://www.ceramicscorridor.org/

"It gives the entrepreneur the opportunity to launch their venture at a prestigious address, while surrounded by successful and experienced professionals and businesses. As a tenant in the Innovation Center, you will enjoy a custom-designed environment of technical and business services to assure success."

Chautauqua Microenterprise Loan Fund, Chautauqua Opts. Dev., Inc.
Community Action Center North, Central Administrative Offices
17 West Courtney Street, Dunkirk, New York 14048
Phone: (716) 366-3333
Fax: (716) 366-1747
E-mail: cmlf@chautauquaopportunities.com
URL: http://www.chautauquaopportunities.com/

"COI...leading the fight against poverty by mobilizing resources and creating partnerships to promote empowerment, economic independence and opportunity. COI...More than promises."

Chemung Elmira Business Incubator
Southern Tier Economic Growth, 400 Church Street, Elmira, New York, 14901
Phone: (607) 733-6513
Fax: (607) 734-2698
URL: http://www.steg.com

"Chemung Elmira Business Incubator is a non-profit organization that provides help with Access to Loan Funds."

Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc. - Business Outreach Center
70 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 571-1690
Fax: (212) 571-1686
URL: http://www.cmpny.org/

"Chinatown Manpower Project was founded in 1972 as a non-profit community-based organization in response to the vocational training needs of the growing Asian immigrant and refugee community. Its mission is to provide vocational training, employment services, educational programs, and economic development programs to disadvantaged Asian Americans and the refugee community."

Church Avenue Merchants Block Assn., Inc. (CAMBA)
1720 Church Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11226
Phone: (718) 287-2600
Fax: (718) 287-0857
E-mail: Loreliel@Camba.orgt
URL: http://www.camba.org

"The Church Avenue Merchants Block Association, Inc., known as CAMBA, is a not-for-profit organization located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. CAMBA, which was formed as a merchants' association in 1977, has grown over the past 22 years working with over 150 neighborhood-based businesses, organizations, and institutions, to provide a broad array of comprehensive employment, education, health, legal, social, business development and youth services to over 15,000 participants annually. Most of CAMBA's clients live, work and/or attend school in Brooklyn, the most multi-cultural community in New York City. CAMBA serves American-born local residents of many ethnic backgrounds, along with immigrants and refugees from Puerto Rico, Haiti, Guyana, other Caribbean countries, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and elsewhere."

Columbia Hudson Partnership
444 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534-2415
Phone: (518) 828-4718
Fax: (518) 828-0901
E-mail: Partner@chpartnership.com
URL: http://chpartnership.com/

"The EMPIRE ZONE program was established to: Encourage business to locate, startup and/or expand in targeted areas without jeopardizing other areas of the State; Revitalize economically distressed areas in large cities and small communities by stimulating private investment; Provide jobs, especially for unemployed and publicly assisted individuals and zone residents; and, Reduce poverty, unemployment, public assistance and blighted conditions in the zones."

Community Development Corporation of Long Island
2100 Middle Country Road, Suite 300, Centereach, NY 11720-3576
Phone: (631) 471-1215
Fax: (631) 471-1210
E-mail:lkuhen@cdcli.org
URL: http://www.cdcli.org/

"The Community Development Corporation of Long Island (CDC) is a private not-for-profit multifaceted housing, community development and economic development corporation. Since 1969, CDC has been dedicated to serving the needs of low and moderate-income families and individuals."

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
330 Seventh Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10001
Phone: (212) 594-6747
Fax: (212) 594-6717
E-mail: cdvca@cdvca.org
URL: http://www.cdvca.org

"CDVCA promotes use of the tools of venture capital to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people and the economies of distressed communities."

Credit Where Credit Is Due
4211 Broadway, New York, NY 10033
Phone: (212) 927-5771
E-mail: fdelgado@cwcid.org.
URL: http://www.cwcid.org/

"Founded in 1994, Credit Where Credit Is Due is a non-profit organization that is committed to the economic empowerment of upper Manhattan's low-income residents. To that end, we sponsor a community development credit union, and run a multi-tiered financial literacy curriculum."

DUNKIRK/SHERIDAN EMPIRE ZONE
402 Main Street, Suite 2, Dunkirk, NY 14048
Phone: (716) 366-2334
E-mail: info@dsez.com
URL: http://www.dsez.com

“Part of the New York State initiated Empire Zones Program, the DS EZ provides free and confidential assistance to businesses seeking to locate or expand operations within the zone. The DS EZ staff can assist with identifying site options, serve as liaison with municipal planning and development processes, and identify potential financing assistance.”

Empire State Development
URL: http://www.empire.state.ny.us/index.html

"Empire State Development (ESD) is New York State's economic development agency. Our organization, with co-headquarters in Albany and New York City, is supported by a network of 18 additional ESD offices throughout the state and around the world. The organization is comprised of highly qualified professionals who help businesses start up a company in New York State; relocate to or establish a presence in New York State; expand already existing operations in New York State; retain and enlarge their work force in New York State; compete more effectively and profitably in the domestic and global marketplace."

Federal Reserve Bank of NY
The Credit Process: A Guide For Small Business Owners
URL: http://www.newyorkfed.org/education/addpub/credit.html

"The purpose of this booklet is to assist small business owners or entrepreneurs who are seeking outside financing for the first time. Our goal is to highlight information that prospective borrowers need to know about the credit process before they apply for a loan."

Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation
355 Food Center Drive, C-104, Bronx, New York 10474
Phone: (718) 842-1717
Fax: (718) 842-6592
E-mail: jsinfante@aol.com
URL: http://www.huntspointedc.org/

"The mission of the Hunts Point Economic Develoment Corporation is to improve and enhance the diverse Hunts Point business and resident environment by providing services to meet the needs of the local businesses, by cultivating entrepreneurship, and by empowering Hunts Point residents to participate more successfully in the local and regional economy, to thereby contribute to a better overall quality of life in Hunts Point."

Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union (LESPFCU)
37 Avenue B, New York, New York 10009
Phone: (212) 529-8197
Fax: (212) 529-8368
E-mail: lespfcu@lespfcu.org
URL: http://www.lespfcu.org

"The Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union (LESPFCU) is a member-owned, non-profit financial institution which reinvests our members' money in the Lower East Side to provide a full range of personal, affordable financial services to our community. Our goal is to stimulate the economic and community development of our neighborhood by providing a safe, sound and democratic alternative to traditional banks."

Mancuso Business Development Group
56 Harvester Ave., Batavia, NY 14020
Phone: (585) 343-2800
Fax: (585) 343-7096
E-mail: opportunity@mancusogroup.com
URL: http://www.mancusogroup.com/

"Become an incubator tenant and give your start up or growing businsess the necessary office
support it will need without hiring new personel."

Massachusetts Avenue Project
382 Massachusetts Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14213
Phone: (716) 816-0961
Fax: (716) 882-5338

"MAP currently runs two core programs: Growing Green, a youth entrepreneurial program which trains and builds garden-based businesses with neighborhood youth and trains them in sustainable urban agriculture and food systems issues; and, Food Ventures a micro enterprise development program that helps low-income people start food-based businesses. Food Ventures provides business training and technical assistance, access to a licensed commercial kitchen and a micro-loan fund."

Microcredit Group of Central New York dba Appleseed Trust
220 Herald Place, 2nd Floor, Syracuse, New York 13202
Phone: (315) 424-9485
Fax: (315) 424-7056
E-mail: appleseedtrust@hotmail.com
URL: http://www.appleseedtrust.org/

"To assist low and moderate income residents in our community to start, expand, and to enhance their own business through access to training, support and to credit otherwise unavailable to them."

Ms. Foundation for Women
120 Wall Street, 33rd Floor, New York, New York 10005
Phone: (212) 742-2300
Fax: (212) 742-1653
E-mail: info@ms.foundation.org
URL: http://www.ms.foundation.org/

"For over 25 years, the Ms. Foundation for Women has been a pioneer in the field of women's economic development in the United States by creating and improving economic opportunities for women. In 1991, the Ms. Foundation for Women launched the Collaborative Fund for Women's Economic Development, a unique and innovative funding mechanism that brings together private foundations, corporations, and individuals to support organizations that assist low-income women to start and expand microenterprises and cooperative businesses in America's underserved areas."

National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
120 Wall St, 10th floor New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 809-1850
Fax: (212) 809-3274
E-mail: info@natfed.org
URL: http://www.natfed.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

"The Federation was established by a coalition of credit union leaders dedicated to revitalizing low-income communities. Our mission is to strengthen the credit unions that serve low-income communities -- known as "community development credit unions," or CDCUs. We carry out our mission by advocating for and providing financial, technical, and human resources to CDCUs."

New York Association for New Americans, Inc.
17 Battery Place, New York, New York 10004
Phone: (219) 425-2900
URL: http://www.nyana.org/businesscenter.asp

"Since 1949, NYANA has been a leader in the field of employment preparation and training for the foreign-born, and for the past six years the agency has assisted émigré entrepreneurs to start or expand their businesses through its Business Center for New Americans. Recognizing the tremendous potential of émigré entrepreneurs to contribute to the growth of New York City's economy, NYANA successfully developed a comprehensive small business assistance program that is structured to take the émigré entrepreneur through the entire process of setting up or expanding a
business."

New York City Small Business Resource Center
Business Owner's Manual
URL: http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/smallbiz/business/

"A guide to starting your small business in New York."

The New York State Small Business Development Center
Office of Entrepreneurial Education, University of New York, State University Plaza - 41 State Street, Albany, NY 12246
Phone: (518) 443-5398
Fax: (518) 443-5275
E-mail: info@nyie.org
URL: http://www.nyssbdc.org/SpecialtyMain/Entrepreneurial/entrepreneurial.html

"The Institute for Entrepreneurship was created to educate entrepreneurs and encourage entrepreneurial thinking."

NY Small Business Logo/Link
Empire State Development; Division for Small Business
30 South Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12245
Phone: (800) STATE NY / (800) 782-8369
Business hours 9am - 5pm M-F
URL: http://www.nylovessmallbiz.com/home.asp

"This unique small business Web site is designed to aid small businesses by providing a single point of access to the most useful information about starting and growing your business in New York State."

New York State Banking Department
Superintendent of Banks
New York State Banking Department
One State StreetNew York, NY 10004-1417
URL: http://www.banking.state.ny.us/

"This directory lists the telephone numbers of the Divisions at the New York State Banking Department at the New York City location and the other regional offices. The Department is the primary regulator for state-licensed and state-chartered financial entities, including domestic banks, foreign agencies, branches and representative offices, savings institutions and trust companies and other financial institutions operating in New York including mortgage bankers and brokers, check cashers, money transmitters, and licensed lenders, among others."

Operation Oswego County
44 West Bridge Street, Oswego, NY 13126
Phone: (315) 343-1545
Fax: (315) 343-1546
E-mail: ooc@oswegocounty.org
URL: http://www.oswegocounty.org/

Pratt Area Community Council
Jackson Heights Community Dev Entrepreneurship Resource Center
1224 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11216
Phone: (718) 783-3549
Fax: (718) 783-3289
URL: http://www.prattarea.org

"We help residents achieve self-sufficiency, create a sense of community and achieve overall neighborhood revitalization through tenant and community organizing, tenant and homeowner services, and housing and economic development."

Project Enterprise (PE)
144 West 125th St. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 678-6734
Fax: (212) 678-6737
E-mail: info@projectenterprise.org
URL: http://www.projectenterprise.org

"Provides business loans, training, and peer support to microentrepreneurs in New York City who live at or below the poverty level so that they can increase their incomes, build their assets, and improve the quality of their lives."

Rural Opportunities, Inc.
400 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Phone: (585) 340-3300
Fax: (585) 340-3337
URL: http://www.ruralinc.org

"The Rural Opportunities Enterprise Center, Inc. provides loans and technical assistance to small businesses in New York and Ohio."

Schenectady County Community Business Center
920 Albany Street, Schenectady, NY 12307
Phone: (518) 382-3069
Fax: (518) 688-2028
E-mail: info@sccbc.org
URL: http://www.sccbc.org/sccbc/programs/incubator/

"The SCCBC facility opened in September 2000. The business center's incubator is housed in this facility located at 920 Albany Street in Schenectady at the intersection of Steuben Street. Owned by Schenectady County, it is a start-of-the art business incubator facility designed to provide start-up companies with the space, office equipment and support services necessary to grow into successful companies. Prospective tenants must meet certain qualifications to be an incubator tenant, including completion of a business plan."

SEEDCO
915 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10010
Phone: (212) 473-0255
Fax: (212) 473-0357
E-mail: info@seedco.org
URL: http://www.seedco.org/

"Seedco, a national nonprofit intermediary founded in 1986, provides technical and financial assistance to community-based organizations and local anchor institutions working in partnership to revitalize low-income communities."

Statewide Emergency Network for Social and Economic Security
275 State Street, Albany, NY 12210-2101
Phone: (518) 463-5576
Fax: (518) 432-9073
E-mail: info@sensensy.org
URL: http://www.sensesny.org

"SENSES is a network of major human service, community economic development, religious, grass roots advocacy and labor organizations in New York State. SENSES is committed to ending poverty by promoting both economic equity and economic opportunity for low income people through long range policy development, training, technical assistance and advocacy."

Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center
100 New Street, Syracuse, New York 13202
Phone: (315) 472-0130
Fax: (315) 472-1241
URL: http://www.morrisville.edu/eoc

"The Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center of the State University of New York is an adult educational facility designed to produce lifelong learners who are self-directed, empowered, and committed to self-reliance. These goals are accomplished through relevant courses of instruction, counseling, employment and educational placement, and through programs of community service."

Trickle Up Foundation
104 W. 27th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001-6210
Phone: (212) 255-9980 or Toll Free: (866) 246-9980
Fax: (212) 255-9974
E-mail: info@trickleup.org
URL: http://www.trickleup.org/

"Trickle Up encourages very poor people to start their own micro-enterprises. Through a process which involves a $100 conditional grant ($700 in the U.S.), the teaching of basic business skills, and self-employment, poor people are provided with an opportunity to re-direct their lives towards economic growth and security. The world now numbers over a billion people living in poverty. Trickle Up has the capacity to reach many of the world's poorest communities through its network of partner volunteer organizations. since 1979, over 80,000 businesses have been started or expanded in partnership with community-based organizations in over 115 countries around the world. Trickle Up's work in the United States is really taking off. The United States pilot project was started in 1994 and is experimenting with a conditional grant size of $700. Since the start of the pilot over 850 businesses have been started or expanded. The majority of the participants are women, and 89% are non-white. A growing number of participants (40%) are utilizing the Trickle Up process to move from welfare to self-employment. Trickle Up businesses include home daycare centers, desktop publishing, caterers and aspiring clothing designers - to name a few."

University of Buffalo Technology Incubator
Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach
University at Buffalo, 1576 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst, New York 14228
Phone: (716) 645-5500
Fax: (716) 636-5921
E-mail: prv-stor@buffalo.edu
URL: http://www.uballiance.buffalo.edu/

"The primary mission of the incubator is to assist start-up technology companies in becoming independent, thriving businesses by providing business assistance and mentoring. Since its inception in 1988, the program has assisted over 60 tenants and graduates, boasting a 75% survival rate. Aggregate employment by those companies is more than450 people with annual revenues exceeding $60 million. In helping your company grow through the vulnerable start-up period, the incubator offers an affordable and comprehensive package of support services."

U-Start Business Incubator
4 Nott Terrace, Schenectady, NY 12308
Phone: (518) 631-0472
Fax: (518) 631-0475
E-mail: ustart@verizon.net
URL: http://www.union.edu/Resources/Technology/U-Start/

"U-Start is a technology-focused business incubator associated with Union College. Our mission is to support and encourage promising entrepreneurs to commercialize their ideas in Schenectady County."

Venture Development Center
Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development (SCOPED)
2 N. Franklin St., Ste. 330Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Phone: (607) 535-4341
E-mail: info@scoped.biz
URL: http://www.lightlink.com/scoped/

"Our Mission To optimize the process of economic development by creating an in-depth partnership with public and private organizations giving focus to expanding income and employment opportunities in Schuyler County."

Warren County Micro-Enterprise Program
Warren County Regional Economic Development Corporation
234 Glen Street Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: (518) 761-6007
Fax: (518) 761-9053
E-mail: info@warrencounty.org
URL: http://warrencounty.org/adirondacks/business_assistance.htm

The Warren County Micro-Enterprise Program goals are listed as follows:

Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation
BO$$ Micro Business Loan Program
57 Wadsworth Avenue, New York, New York 10033
Phone: (212) 795-1600
Fax: (212) 781-4051
E-mail: WHIDC@aol.com
URL: http://members.aol.com/whidc

"Loans are restricted to businesses that have fewer than 10 employees and annual sales of less than $500,000. Loans range from $400-$20,000."

Woroco International
P.O. Box 88038, Rochester, NY 14618-8038
E-mail: ceo@woroco.com
URL: http://www.woroco.com/

"Woroco International is a business planning and consulting firm. Come to us for the writing and review of business plans. We assist you in such areas as strategic management, change management, and tactical implementation. We improve your profitability by lowering expenses, and increasing income. Consulting is also available in such specific areas as management, business planning, financial planning, strategy, vision, mission, tactical implementation, market analysis, marketing planning, products and services planning." (Serves Central and Western Upstate New York. This includes such cities as Rochester, Batavia, Buffalo, Auburn and Syracuse. Contact them directly for specific information about fees and services.)

Women's Housing and Economic Development Corp.
50 E. 168th, Suite 702, Bronx, New York 10452
Phone: (718) 839-1100
Fax: (718) 839-1170
URL: http://www.whedco.org/

"For individuals who prefer to be their own boss, we offer the Family Day Care Training Program. The New York State certified curriculum prepares entrepreneurs to open and expand at-home day care businesses providing safe and developmentally appropriate play spaces, and qualifies them to join our Family Day Care Network."

Women's Venture Fund, Inc.
240 West 35th Street, Suite 501, New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 563-0499
Fax: (212) 868-9116 E-mail: info@wvf-ny.org
URL: http://www.womensventurefund.org

"The Women's Venture Fund, Inc. is a non-profit organization that targets women entrepreneurs in under-served urban communities. As a multi-service micro-lender the Women's Venture Fund, Inc. assists these entrepreneurs in pursuing their business aspirations, thereby benefiting themselves, their families and their communities."

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