Business

Middlesex County Youth, are you ready to Get Hired? 

Have you thought about changing careers, but shelved the idea because you worried about taking time off work to re-train? Did you know that, for several in-demand occupations, you have the option to earn a living while you train? How about the fact that you only need a high school diploma or equivalency to begin training as a Machinist, Industrial Machinery Mechanic, or Survey Technician, or a Certified Nursing Assistant, Patient Care Technician, or Phlebotomist, among over a dozen other options?

Phase 4 of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority's Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program provides grants up to $20,000 to small- and medium- sized businesses and non-profits that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-registration for Phase 4 reopened at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 and will remain open until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Businesses must pre-register to be eligible for grants.

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The New Jersey State Veterans Chamber of Commerce and its partners will be conducting several online programs for veterans and military spouses from November 1 - 8.  Events include webinars and virtual meetups with procurement professionals.  Read more and register here.  Check out the Chamber here.

Other resources available to help Veterans start and manage their businesses and find jobs:

Do you have an idea, solution, venture or initiative that improves job quality and economic security for workers and their families? Apply to join the inaugural New Jersey Future of Work Accelerator to take your idea to the next level!

The Future of Work Accelerator is a 9-month program that supports innovations that advance New Jersey’s workers’ health and safety, improve access to benefits, strengthen training opportunities, and bolster worker’s voices.

Phase 4 of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program provides grants up to $20,000 to small- and medium- sized businesses and non-profits that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023. 

Applications are now closed. 

This free, six-part webinar series presented by the New Jersey Business Action Center features tips, processes and resources from state departments and partners to help your business. The webinars cover resources for nonprofits, government procurement, technical assistance, financial resources, COVID safety in the workplace and resources from libraries and other lesser-known agencies.

These one-hour webinars are available for viewing on the NJBAC website.

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The Small Business Development Center provides training and counseling year round.

The lead SBDC in New Jersey is here.

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SCORE is here to help women small business owners.

Numbering at 13M in the U.S., women-owned businesses comprise a vital and growing segment of the economy. This segment employs 9.4M workers, ushers in new innovation, and introduces new products as part of a vibrant U.S. economy. Women entrepreneurs bring a unique perspective and sometimes must break ceilings in traditionally male-dominated industries or roles.