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 White Plains, NY - Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) announced that Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) Inc. has been awarded a three-year grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to support its mission of training low and moderate income women and men in the Lower Hudson Valley to achieve economic sufficiency through self-employment.
“Supporting entrepreneurship is a vital way that the federal government can help to increase opportunities and grow local economies,” said Lowey. “I am pleased that the federal government has recognized the important work of WEDC, and that their services will be available to more individuals as a result of this funding.”
WEDC, which is based in White Plains, provides entrepreneurial recruitment, training and assessment, mentoring opportunities, life skills seminars, post-training programs, networking and funding opportunities, as well as ongoing technical assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged women in Westchester County.
The function of the SBA Women’s Business Center Renewable Grant Program is to provide funding to enable Women’s Business Centers to provide technical assistance to women entrepreneurs.
WEDC was awarded $100,000 for the first year of this three-year renewable funding program.
“We are pleased to have been approved for a three-year renewable grant from the SBA,” said WEDC Executive Director Anne Janiak. “This funding will enable WEDC to continue to provide valuable programs and services to women entrepreneurs in our community to help them achieve economic success through small business ownership.”
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