South Carolina Community Navigator Program - Program Closed

This program has closed. If you need assistance, contact Chantelle Broughton at chantelle@scaced.org.

Are you a minority, veteran, or women owned business looking for or interested in starting a business? We are here to help.

Scroll down to see the services our 8 partner spokes offer & how they can help.

About the Program

Established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP) utilizes a “hub and spoke” model to help small businesses, with a focus on those owned by veterans, women, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals - including in rural and urban communities. Announced in Fall 2021, SCACED received a $2.5 million grant to serve as the “Hub” organization for South Carolina, working at the center of a network of 8 “Spoke” organizations across the state who deploy community advocates to work with small businesses during economic recovery.

Recovery services can include financial assistance, access to capital supports, contracting and procurement assistance, marketing, operations, and business development, export and importing, and industry specific training, among other areas of technical assistance to aid businesses in stabilization and expansion.

The program is designed to reduce barriers that underrepresented and underserved entrepreneurs often face in accessing the programs they need to recover, grow, or start their businesses. The program provided a total of $100 million in funding to 51 organizations that will work with hundreds of local community groups to improve access to SBA and government resources for America’s entrepreneurs.

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