Trenton, NJ.—The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is proud to announce it has received the 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. “We know it’s going to take all of us working [...]
Apply by May 23 for Healthy Aging Start-Up Challenge and Bootcamp to Foster Diversity and Accelerate Innovation The National Institute on Aging (NIA)’s Small Business Research Programs, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched a new start-up prize competition, Healthy Aging Start-Up Challenge and Bootcamp to Foster [...]
TRENTON – New Jersey’s employment growth continued for the 17th consecutive month in April, as non-farm employment increased by 14,800 jobs to reach a seasonally adjusted level of 4,191,500, while NJ’s unemployment rate declined to 4.1 percent. Job growth so far in 2022 has averaged nearly 18,700 jobs per month and the [...]
Join the SBA's Office of Investment and Innovation for its inaugural innovation venture showcase, the America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo on May 25, 2022. Get inspired during this free, virtual event, as entrepreneurs will showcase technology supported by America’s Seed Fund, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer [...]
Grants $500,000 in Funding to Help Small Businesses Qualify for Government Contracts Trenton, N.J. (May 11, 2022) – The New Jersey Economic Development (NJEDA) Board today approved two contracts, one with the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) and one with the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey [...]
Have you heard? Hello Alice has partnered with Progressive Commercial Insurance to offer Driving Small Business Forward, a grant program supporting Hispanic entrepreneurs. The Driving Small Business Forward Grant Program will award recipients a $25,000 grant for use toward the purchase of a commercial vehicle specifically used for business. Eligible [...]
TRENTON – To support the creation and expansion of apprenticeships throughout the state, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) today announced a total of $7 million in available funding under the Growing Apprenticeship In Nontraditional Sectors (GAINS), Pre-Apprenticeship in Career Education (PACE), and Youth Transitions [...]
Every year in America, 1 in 5 adults experiences some form of mental illness, 1 in 20 experiences a serious mental illness and 17 million experience a substance use disorder and mental illness. Despite the prevalence of mental health conditions, there’s still a stigma around discussing mental health and [...]
Did you miss the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit? You can still catch some of the highlights on SBA's YouTube channel. During the week, SBA also hit the road for the Building a Better America Through Entrepreneurship bus tour. Catch highlights from the tour as SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman met with inspiring [...]
US Census Bureau - Small Business Data Products - A curated list of small business data products and data tools. Small Business Pulse Survey: Measures the effect of changing business conditions during the Coronavirus pandemic on our nation's small businesses. County Business Patterns: Provides sub-national economic data by industry and [...]
