Provides various services for community members, including food pantry, tutoring services for students K-12, ESL, basic computer skills classes, small business training and technical assistance, youth organizing (voting registration and civic engagement), Dream As A Team (activities for kids), and Un Buen Consejo, which is a Facebook livestream giving COVID-19 updates, promoting events, and has invites speakers to providing community information, every M Tu & F, 7pm. Also offers Environmental Alliance, which provides information on how to prepare homes for evacuation procedures, evacuation kits.

Low or no-cost, targeted training in both in-person and online formats on educational topics for small business development.

Help business set up in SE Seattle with various supports. Components include: SITE SELECTION: - Comprehensive site selection process to help businesses set up in Southeast Seattle. - Services include community evaluation, site research and negotiations. Community Evaluation: A custom report can include information such as: - Properties available for purchase or lease - Zoning, permitting and land use requirements - Costs of construction - Workforce demographics - Competitors and customers Site Research: Analysis of potential real estate sites can include: - Property ownership - Tax assessment - Environmental concerns - Covenants, restrictions and ordinances - Site and building security - Previous uses Negotiations: Assistance in purchasing or leasing a site in Southeast Seattle can include: - Purchase price - Lease rate - Tenant improvements - New construction - Financing WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Partners with education and training partners to find skills development pathways for residents to meet the needs of local businesses. Assistance can include: - Custom training and education programs - Employee recruitment - Labor market and wage analysis - Internships - Apprenticeships RETENTION & EXPANSION: Offers a wide range of economic development resources, tools and techniques to support local businesses. Assistance can include: - Business loan options - Business development - Navigating government - No-cost business consulting - Problem solving

Operates a clearinghouse for all the information and resources entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses need to achieve success, including funding sources, training and technical assistance, mentorship, education and information. Helps established businesses increase profitability, build capacity, and spur growth.

Offers volunteer opportunities to mentor small business owners.

50-hour course covers all the main topics of business planning, including: - market planning (pricing, identifying the ideal customer, marketing channels, competition & industry), - financial planning (financial statements, basic accounting concepts, cash flow planning), - operations (legal entity, taxes, record keeping, operational systems, liability & insurance), - and more in a series of classes over an 8 week period. Participants gain practical, hands-on experience in developing a business plan. Trainers create an atmosphere of trust where sharing is encouraged and creative problem-solving can occur. Participants learn how to effectively give and receive honest feedback, improve their financial literacy skills, confidence, and self-esteem, and the business knowledge they need to take the next step with their entrepreneurial goals. Attending a 1 hour info session and a 2-day Business Readiness Workshop are prerequisites for the Business Planning Program

Provides low-interest loans to people with disabilities for purchases of assistive technology including: - Durable medical equipment (wheelchairs, hearing aids, patient lifts, etc.) - Adaptive technology - Home and vehicle access modifications and equipment (adapted vehicles, smart home technology, computers, widening of doorways, etc. ) - Dentures Also helps callers locate other funding sources. Assistive technology loan terms are up to five years with a 5% interest rate. Home modification loan terms are up to 10 years with a 5% interest rate. Adapted vehicle loan terms are up to 10 years with an interest rate that can vary. Loan amounts are up to $25,000 for assistive technology and up to $60,000 for home modification and adapted vehicle loans. There are no fees to apply or for early payoff.

Provides a comprehensive reference library that includes books, pamphlets, forms. Topics include:    - Government regulations  - Zoning, licensing, and permitting information;  - Local demographics, population forecasts and labor market information;  - Trade associations and publications;  - Marketing, finance, accounting;  - Comparative financial data on hundreds of businesses;  - Business information sources and addresses of trade associations and publications for 150 small businesses;  - Business directories.

For Spanish speakers looking for answers about starting a new business or expanding their current agricultural business.

Provides information, networking opportunities, mentoring, and technical assistance for businesses in areas of financial management, legal support, marketing, and more. Also offers a scholarship fund for American Indian and Alaskan Native students entering college.

Provides entrepreneurial and small business counseling to women business owners throughout the region.   Offers an online and in-person social network of professional women, providing networking, training, counseling and encouragement to women who are starting or developing new business.

One-on-one consulting for independent and local entrepreneurs and business owners in Eastern Washington. Services are provided at no charge.

Provides business development resources to farmers and agriculture-related business in northwest Washington including business planning, value added product development, marketing/sales assistance, rural cooperative and organizational development, infrastructure development, access to capital and office resources by reservation.

Provides counsel to new and existing businesses through personalized trainings and workshops. Assists with business and marketing plans and financial proposals and provides market research assistance.

SNAP Financial Access delivers financial education, training, consultation and access to loans to help entrepreneurs and first-time borrowers succeed.

Provides an opportunity for persons to access information and resources about running a business including planning and strategy development; market research; human resources support; financial analysis; loan packaging; and specialized information and referral. Also offers a course revolving strictly around assistance with accounting and bookkeeping systems.

Helps low-income people to start and grow small businesses by offering -  Business training -  Small business loans -  Peer support and   -  Technical assistance Borrowers must   -  Attend an eight week business readiness course providing instruction on basic business planning, accounting, budgeting and marketing.   -  Form business groups of 4-6 members in order to be awarded loans starting at $1,000 and ranging, in time, up to $35,000.   -  Keep current on loan repayments.   On-going technical assistance is provided by a business resource network of professionals from the local business community.   In addition, a business resource network member will be assigned to each group to guide and support them.   Offers classes in Spanish, and possibly other languages.

Helps women, people of color, immigrants and people with disabilities start or grow small businesses in Southwest King County.   Assists members with:   -  Business finance -  Loan applications -  Information about business licenses, insurance and leases   -  Information about finding a business location -  Feasibility assessments -  Peer support -  Networking -  Workshops

Offers free counselors/mentors for small businesses and guidance on how to start and run a business.

Provides business mentoring, webinars and courses on demand, an online resource library, and local business events for new and existing small business owners.

The Service Corps of Retired Executives (S.C.O.R.E.) offers free counseling to persons contemplating a new business or persons in business who would like to discuss management, financing, marketing, or various other business matters with an experienced, retired business person.

What kind of workforce training, small business support, adult education?