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GO-Biz Announces First-Ever Grants to Help Immigrants Succeed in Their Communities September 8, 2023 - Sacramento, CA – The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) distributed the state’s first-ever Local Immigrant Integration and Inclusion Grant (LIIIG) allocations, with over $6 million to twelve local governments across California (see table below for details). This program....
U.S. SBA Names California as 2023 State Trade Expansion Program Awardee September 6, 2023 - Sacramento, CA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that a grant totaling $700,000 has been awarded to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) as part of the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). STEP is a federally funded grant program that aims to increase....
CalOSBA Opens Round 1 of California Small Agricultural Business Drought and Flood Relief Grant Program September 1, 2023 - Sacramento, CA (August 31, 2023) – The first round of applications for the California Small Agricultural Business Drought and Flood Relief Grant Program opens today, and will ultimately award up to $95 million in drought and flood relief grants to eligible small....
CalOSBA Awarded $25.3 million from Biden-Harris Administration to Support Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs across California August 8, 2023 - SACRAMENTO, CA – Last week, the California Office of Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), an arm of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), was awarded the State Small Business Credit Initiative Technical Assistance (SSBCI TA....
CalOSBA Invests $25 Million for Launch of Nation’s First Statewide Program to Support Employment Social Enterprises July 17, 2023 - SACRAMENTO, CA (July 17, 2023) —CalOSBA has selected its partners to build a first-of-its-kind program designed to accelerate economic inclusion by investing in the power of employment social enterprises (ESEs). CA RISE (California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprise) will help ESEs statewide improve their business stability and advance the economic mobility....