Branch, 409 3rd Street SW., Mail Code 7881, Washington, DC 20416. 192 INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: SBA District Offices Locate your local SBA office. Headquarters Office: Small Business Administration, Office of Financial Assistance, Microenterprise Development Branch, 409 Third Street SW., Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20416. Mail Code 7881. Telephone: (202) 205-6490. Web Site Address: http://www.sba.gov. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: 1. Organization in Mid-South operating in thirty-two counties in the State, all but one classified as rural. Established in 1987, this organization has approved numerous microloans and provided the much needed technical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs. 2. Urban organization founded in 1976, established a loan pool in 1982. Through a program of financial assistance and other aid to business concerns, including small businesses, that are not able to obtain funds from conventional commercial sources, the organization has been able to assist in the relief of poverty, lessening of neighborhood tensions and assist in combating community deterioration in certain economically depressed areas. 3. Rural organization founded in 1976, has provided services that have included economic development, planning, grant writing and administration, small business incubator operations, business counseling services and loans to small businesses. Approximately
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