“There wasn’t a common knowledge of government grants or programs to help us.”The Small Business Administration and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders hope to change that. The SBA launched an eight-city tour in Philadelphia Wednesday morning sharing resources with small businesses in the Asian community. The series aims to empower underserved communities in partnership with federal agencies and local leaders. The summits kicked off with an in-person event at Philadelphia City Hall, which hosted U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. “It’s not like there is an email that would connect us to the federal government, the Small business Administration.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2023 21:30 UTC