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SBA, Six Universities to Offer Business Training for Iraq, Afghanistan Disabled Vets | Kansas City infoZine News | USA


SBA, Six Universities to Offer Business Training for Iraq, Afghanistan Disabled Vets Kansas City infoZine News USA:

"SBA Adds New Training Tools to Increase Opportunities for Vets"

Washington, D.C. - infoZine - The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced a three-year agreement to expand and deliver entrepreneurship training for service-disabled veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.The agreement with SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development will support the expansion of the year-long Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV).

The expansion of this innovative management training and mentorship program will maximize small business programs for veterans, service-disabled veterans, reserve-component members, and their dependents or survivors.Additionally, this week SBA launched a new online contracting tutorial on http://www.sba.gov/, as part of its ongoing efforts to expand services to veterans and service-disabled veterans.

Veterans and military spouses who own small businesses can utilize this free online course to learn how to identify and take advantage of federal contracting opportunities.