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Small Business Administration: Information on the Women's Business Center Program

RCED-99-278R Published: Sep 02, 1999. Publicly Released: Sep 02, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Women's Business Center Program, focusing on: (1) a description of the women's business centers, including their funding status, their experiences in raising matching funds, the types of services offered in a women's business center's first and last year of grant funding, and the differences between parent and satellite centers; (2) the extent to which SBA's award criteria predict long-term success or failure of women's business centers; and (3) the Office of Women's Business Ownership's compliance with legislative reporting requirements and the inherent difficulties with obtaining the required data from the women's business centers.

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Cost sharing (finance)Evaluation criteriaFederal grantsReporting requirementsSmall business assistanceWomenWomen-owned businessesSmall businessWomen's business centersBusiness centers