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Part 2: Participating Organizations - Where to Get Training 

Here is the list of organization participating in the SBA's PRIME program to provide training and technical assistance to America's smallest business, the Microentrepreneurs. (No phone numbers were provided by SBA, however all organizations should be listed in local phone books and directory services. Local chambers of commerce can help you locate these organizations.)

Organizations

Location

E.C. Schlarb Foundation

Birmingham

AL

AZ Council for Econo Conversion

Tucson

AZ

Interfaith Service Bureau

Sacramento

CA

El Pajaro CDC

Watsonville

CA

CHARO CDC

Los Angeles

CA

Jefferson Econ Dev Institute

Mt Shasta

CA

Renaissance Entrepshp. Center

San Francisco

CA

Valley Econ Dev Cntr

Van Nuys

CA

Women's Enterp. Dev Corp

Long Beach

CA

Women's Econ Ventures

Santa Barbara

CA

Asian Pacific Islander Small Bus Program (LTSC Corsort)

Los Angeles

CA

North Coast Small Business Resource Center

Cresent City

CA

Vermont Slauson Econ Dev Corp

Los Angeles

CA

Pacific Asian Corsortium (PACE)

Los Angeles

CA

West Enterprise Center, Inc.

Ukiah

CA

Women's Initiatives for Self Employment

San Francisco

CA

New America Foundation

Berkeley

CA

Colorado Capital Initiatives

Denver

CO

Women's Bus. Cntr, Inc.

Washington

DC

H St. Finance Corp

Washington

DC

Lee Cnty Emp. & Econ Dev.. Corp.

Fort Myers

FL

Community Investments Inc.

Pensacola

FL

Florida Atlantic University

Ft Lauderdale

FL

Cobb Microenterprise Council

Kennesaw

GA

Atlanta One Stop Capital Shop

Atlanta

GA

Maui Econ Opportunity & Bus Dev Corp

Wailuku

HI

Pacific Gateway

Honolulu

HI

Institute for Social & Econo Dev

Coralville

IA

Ida-Ore Planning and Dev Assoc. Inc.

Boise

ID

Community Ventures Corp

Lexington

KY

Center for Women Enterprise

Boston

MA

Jewish Vocational Services

Boston

MA

Western MA Enterprise Fund

Greenfield

MA

Women's Enterpreneurs of Baltimore

Baltimore

MD

Community Support for Micro Opportunities

Bangor

ME

Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living

Ann Arbor

MI

Detroit Enterpreneurship Institute

Detroit

MI

Wayne Metro Community Services

Ecorse

MI

University of MO Outreach & Extension SBDC

Columbia

MO

Mountain Microenterprise Fund

Asheville

NC

WESST/NMCDLF

Albuquerque

NM

Taos County Econ Dev Corp

Taos

NM

Worker Ownership Resource Center

Rochester

NY

Rural Opportunities Enterprise Center

Rochester

NY

Women's Housing and Econ Dev Corp

New York

NY

Project Enterprise

New York

NY

Renaissance Econo Dev Corp

New York

NY

Business Outreach Center Network, Inc. (a Consort.)

Brooklyn

NY

Chinatown Manpower Project., Inc.

New York

NY

Alternatives Federal Credit Union

Ithaca

NY

Nat'l Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship

New York

NY

Supporting Council of Preventive Effort

Dayton

OH

WECO FUND Inc.

Cleveland

OH

Community Action Committee of Pike Cnty Inc.

Piketon

OH

Little Dixie Comm Action Agency

Hugo

OK

Oregon Assoc of Min Enterpreneurs

Portland

OR

Oregon Microenterprise Network

Eugene

OR

Philadelphia Commercial Develop. Corp

Philadelphia

PA

Philadelphia Develop. Partnership

Philadelphia

PA

Women's Bus.Dev Cntr

Philadelphia

PA

Economic Ventures, Inc.

Knoxville

TN

LeMoyne Owen College Community Dev Corp

Memphis

TN

Entrepreneurial Guidance and Training, Inc.

Nashville

TN

Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce

El Paso

TX

ACCION

San Antonio

TX

Total Action Against Poverty

Roanoke

VA

People Incorporated

Abingon

VA

Shorebank Enterprise Group Pacific

IIwaco

WA

Appalachian by Design

Lewisburg

WV

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