Closed
California state funding opportunity
Technical Assistance Expansion Program (TAEP)
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
- Portal ID6406
- StatusClosed
Competitive proposals usually start 6+ weeks out.
Program summary
Synopsis
This grant is ONLY open to Small Business Technical Assistance Providers. This is NOT a grant to small businesses. TAEP seeks to expand consulting and training to small businesses entrepreneurs. Funding is for new or enhanced consulting and training services to small businesses. Applicants must provide match funding in the form of federal or private funding to conduct technical assistance to small businesses. Please see RFP for more information.
Summary This grant is ONLY open to Small Business Technical Assistance Providers. This is NOT a grant to small businesses. TAEP seeks to expand consulting and training to small businesses entrepreneurs. Funding is for new or enhanced consulting and training services to small businesses. Applicants must provide match funding in the form of federal or private funding to conduct technical assistance to small businesses. Please see RFP for more information. Purpose Small business technical assistance centers (“Centers”) are funded in part by federal and private agencies to operate small business support services and programs throughout the state. These Centers provide one-on-one, confidential consulting and training to help small businesses and entrepreneurs start, grow and expand, and create jobs in California. The SB TAEP provides state grant funding to create new or enhanced consulting and training services through existing and new Centers, including satellite offices. As the Program’s purpose is to expand offerings to California small businesses over a five-year period, annual requests may include continued support of new or enhanced expansion offerings created in previous years through TAEP. Priorities CalOSBA will prioritize funding for applications that best meet the factors listed in paragraph 1 (Government Code Section 12100-12100.69) and give preference to applications that propose new or enhanced services to underserved small business owners, including women, people of color and veteran-owned businesses and businesses in low-wealth, rural and disaster-impacted communities included in a state or federal emergency declaration or proclamation. Eligible consulting and training services covered by the Program’s grant funding include: business plans and strategy; capital readiness and fundraising; expansion and revenue growth strategies such as export training, government and private procurement, e-commerce marketplace development and other business development strategies; marketing; management; operations; financial management; cybersecurity; production/manufacturing assistance and increased productivity strategies; innovation and tech transfer; business resilience such as emergency preparedness, disaster economic recovery, succession planning; among other areas. Priority will be given to proposals that fill opportunity gaps for underserved small business owners to help them reach greater parity in revenue creation and job creation including capital readiness, export training and e-commerce, procurement, and other innovative programs that increase revenues and job creation to narrow the gap. Priority will also be given to business resilience programs for underserved small businesses which face increased challenges dealing with disaster recovery from natural, technological/cyber, health/disease, or human induced hazards. Business resilience may also include succession planning and exit strategies.
Timeline
Key dates
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July 20, 2021
Opportunity posted to California Grants Portal -
August 19, 2021
Applications close -
September 10, 2021
Expected award date
Who may apply
Eligibility
Eligible applicant types as published by the awarding agency:
- Nonprofit
- Public Agency
- Additional info on eligibility
- Federally-awarded small business technical assistance programs in California, administered by and primarily funded by federal agencies, that provide one-on-one confidential free or low-cost consulting and training to small businesses and entrepreneurs in this state. Small business technical assistance centers that possess private funding sources with a similar intent and that meet the criteria defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12100.62.
- Geography
- California
Awarding agency
Additional information
- Agency name
- Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
- Full announcement
- View the full announcement ↗
- Grantor contact
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Jean Coleman
1-916-719-2212
sbtaep@gobiz.ca.gov
Funding
Funding source
- Source
- State
- Funding method
- Reimbursement(s)
- Notes
- The Program was enacted in Government Code Section 12100-12100.69. In 2021, the program was expanded to include small business technical assistance centers that possess private funding sources with a similar intent and that meet the criteria defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12100.62.
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