Stimulus Dollars for Local Small Business Retention

Contact your local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) ASAP and ask them to set aside some dislocated worker (rapid response) dollars for "Layoff Aversion" which translates into Business Retention! These funds are not for employment generating activities such as business attraction or expansion.

"ACT QUICKLY!" WIBs have dollars for this budget year and new stimulus dollars! At the very least partner with your one stops!!

Layoff Aversions Objectives are for employer outreach to reduce the rate of business failures and other ways to keep people on the job!

Some Layoff Aversion Ideas Are:

* Buy Local
* Banker Forums
* Small Business Resource Forums
* Business Data Gathering
* Small Business Technology Assistance
* Small Business Lending
* Cluster Facilitation
* Small Business Resource Center
* Business Networking
* Business-to-Business Buying and Selling (B2B)
* Government to Business Buying and Selling (G2B)
* CALED "Online" Tools for Small Business Resource Website
* International Trade Activity
* Business Retention Programs
* Labor Market Surveys
* Relevant Subscriptions
* Dissemination of Information on Services & Resources
* Enterprise Zone Vouchering Services
* Access to Job Training Resources
* Employer Contact to Place WIA Participants

Join in a conference call to further explore layoff aversion funding for Business Retention on May 8th, 2009 at 9am.

Call in number: 308-344-6400
Call in code : 305911#

JOB POSTINGS

City Manager Recruitment
City of California City
Salary: Negotiable (Range $96,158 - $111,467) generous benefit pkg.
Deadline: Open Until Filled (Posted May 4, 2009)

VP of Economic Development
Irvine Chamber
Salary: n/a
Deadline: Open (Posted May 4, 2009)

City Manager- City of Wasco
City of Wasco
Salary range: $$136,000
Deadline: June 8, 2009

Manager, Career & Technical Education Outreach
Mt. San Antonio College - Center of Excellence
Salary range: $82,332 - $91,512
Deadline: May 20, 2009

Funding Opportunities

1. Market Development Cooperator Program 2009 - Deadline: June 02, 2009
   
   
2. 1890 Land-Grant Institution Rural Entrepreneurial Outreach and Development Initiative- Deadline: May 12, 2009
   
   
3. Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC) -Effective: June 04, 2008
   
   
4. EDA Recovery Act Funding- Deadline: June 30, 2010
   
   
5. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Brownfields Job Training Grants  - Deadline: June 20, 2009.  
   
   
6. Community Economic Development Projects  - Deadline: May 28, 2009.
   
   
7. Technology Innovation Program Accepting Proposals for $25 Million in Competitive Funding  - Deadline: June 23, 2009
   
   
8. Neighborhood Stabilization Program  - Deadline: September 1, 2009
   
   
9. Discretionary Funds for Refugee Microenterprise Development Projects  - Deadline: May 11, 2009.
   
   
10. Native American Business Enterprise Center (NABEC) - Deadline: June 4, 2009
    
    
11. Rural Cooperative Development Grant - Deadline: Jun 29, 2009
    
    
12. EMP Availability of Funds-FY 2010- Deadline: May 29, 2009
    
    
13. Conservation Effects Assessment Program (CEAP)- Deadline: Jul 01, 2009
    
    
14. Rural Housing and Economic Development Program- Deadline: May 29, 2009
    
    
15. Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI)- Deadline: Jun 16, 2009
    
    
16. Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program- Deadline: Jul 01, 2009
    
    
17. Requirements for Implementing Sections of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Financial Assistance Awards - Effective: April 23, 2009