center near you, contact your local employment office or go to http://www.ttrc.doleta.gov/onestop/pdf/1stop.pdf. Free or Low-Priced Counseling, and Services for New and Existing Businesses If you would like to start your own business, a good place to begin is at one of 700 Small Business Development Centers located throughout the United States. The professionals at these centers provide FREE or very low cost, sound advice relating to virtually every aspect of starting and maintaining a business. To find the Small Business Development Center nearest you, consult the blue, government pages of your telephone directory, or visit the U.S. Small Business Administration online at http://www.sba.gov or the Small Business Development Center Web site at http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/SBDC/ Free Assistance to Small Disadvantaged Businesses Management and technical assistance is provided free to disadvantaged businesses. For certification and eligibility as a small disadvantaged business (SDB), visit the SDB Web site at http://www.sba.gov/sdb/section06c.htm. 45 More Grant Makers The Foundation Center For a listing of philanthropic grant-makers, visit The Foundation Center at http://www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/index.html Nursing and Medical Grants An alphabetical listing includes information about private and government financing in the form of grants, grant resources, loans and funding sources
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