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Business Programs
Serving the Veterans of New York State
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Business Outreach Program John Narciso, Regional Coordinator Toll-free at 1-800-732-SBDC Long Island: (631) 370-8891 In Albany: (518) 485-7647 In Buffalo: (716) 878-4030 |
Veterans Services & Assistance Program
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NYS SBDC Veterans Impact: 1999-2008 |
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| Veterans Counseled: | 10,855 |
| Total Counseling Hours: | 83,637 |
| Vet Training Events: | 130 |
| Vet Training Attendees: | 9,185 |
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| 2009 Success Story Augustine Xavier of Legend Limousines, Inc., worked with Farmingdale SBDC Veterans Business Advisor John Narciso. | |
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The NYS SBDC Veterans’ Business Outreach Program and the Veterans Services and Assistance Program work in coordination to provide targeted training, counseling, and mentoring to help veterans start and grow a small business. SBDC Business Advisors help veteran small business owners improve profitability, expand market share, explore export opportunities, and provide valuable assistance in terms of establishing businesses on stronger organizational and financial footing.
The Veterans Business Advisors provide:
- One-to-one advisement sessions
- Pre-business plan workshops/training
- Business concept assessment
- Business plan development assistance
- Comprehensive feasibility analyses
- Business-to-business commerce
- Assistance with funding sources
The NYS program has Veterans’ Business Outreach Centers in Buffalo, Albany, and Farmingdale (Long Island) staffed by Business Advisors who are veterans dedicated to helping fellow veterans. In nine years, the award-winning program has provided advisement to more than 10,000 veterans and located more than $160 million in investment funding for veterans. The U.S. Small Business Administration has called the New York SBDC program a national model for providing business assistance and targeted outreach to veterans.
The Veterans Services and Assistance Program is staffed by a dedicated business advisor who is responsible for providing veterans business services within the five boroughs of New York City.
Veterans Behind Bars
Veterans Behind Bars is an innovative part of VBOP that was developed to assist incarcerated veterans within three to four years of release to develop business concepts and plans that can be turned into successful businesses upon these soldiers’ return to society. Participants must be honorably discharged veterans eligible for the Veteran’s Residential Program and within four years of release. Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island and Groveland Correctional Facility in Rochester are the participating sites. NYS SBDC business advisors go behind bars a few times a month to provide free business planning seminars and workshops to veterans who sign up for the voluntary program. Advisors provide guidance on business plan development and topics necessary for successful small business operation. The training program covers all aspects
of starting/operating a business, including financial planning, accounting, marketing, production, hiring and more. Participants are encouraged to continue accessing SBDC services following release. The goal is to equip veterans with the tools they’ll need to start their own business once they have left the facility.
Another innovative development within VBOP is the creation of a web-based/CD-ROM-based interactive educational program that teaches veterans to be successful entrepreneurs. EntreSkills for Veterans™ is based on the successful EntreSkills™ program developed by the SBDC Office of Entrepreneurial Education (OE2). VBOP Business Advisors assisted in an upgraded and targeted version of these materials based on a simple premise: military training and experience can be an excellent preparation for starting your own business. The self-paced program helps veterans refine and develop a concept, address legal and marketing issues, prepare financial statements, and ultimately, manage and run a business. Each section includes self-correcting quizzes, an abundance of links to useful business-related websites, and entrepreneur case studies. The sections build cumulatively toward the preparation of a finished business plan. EntreSkills for Veterans™ operates in tandem with one-on-one business counseling by VBOP Business Advisors. The SBDC is working with the New York State Office of Veterans Affairs to qualify EntreSkills for Veterans™ for veterans’ educational credit.
If you and/or your business is outside New York, look to these other Veterans Business Outreach Centers:
Center Locations and Areas of Coverage
Region I
Northeast Veterans Business Resource Center
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
360 Merrimack St. |
Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut |
Massachusetts District Office
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Point of Contact
Louis Celli, Jr.
Phone:617-938-3933
Fax:617-507-7799
Email: lcelli@nevbrc.org
Webpage: http://www.nevbrc.org
Region II
The Research Foundation of the State University of New York SUNY@ Farmingdale SBDC
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
Campus Commons 2350 Broadhollow Road |
New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands |
Syracuse District Office |
Point of Contact
John Narciso
Phone: 631-370-8891 or Toll-free at 1-800-732-7232
Fax: 631-370-8895
Email: narcisja@farmingdale.edu
Webpage: http://www.nyssbdc.org/services/veterans/veterans.html
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
249 University Ave Suite 206 |
New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands |
Newark District Office |
Point of Contact
Brenda Hopper
Phone: 973-353-1927
Fax: 973-353-1110
Email: bhopper@njsbdc.com
Webpage: www.njsbdc.com
Region III
Hampton Roads Veterans Business Outreach Center
Old Dominion University
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
4111 Monarch Way, Suite 106 |
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, District of Columbia |
Richmond District Office |
Point of Contact
Cindy Walters
Phone: 757-683-5542
Fax: 757-683-5509
Email: cmwalter@odu.edu
Webpage: http://www.hrvboc.com
University of Pennsylvania
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
3451 Walnut Street Franklin Bldg, Suite P221 |
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, District of Columbia |
Philadelphia District Office |
Point of Contact
Heather Lewis
Phone: 215-573-4507
Fax: 215-898-9708
Email: heatherl@upenn.edu
Webpage: http://www.upenn.edu/resarchservices
Region IV
The University of West Florida in Pensacola
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
2500 Minnesota Avenue |
Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina |
Jacksonville Florida District Office |
Point of Contact
Brenton Peacock
Phone: 1-800-542-7232 or 850-271-1108 ext 19
Fax: 850-271-1109
Email: vboc@knology.net
Webpage: http://vboc.org
The Veterans Business Outreach Center @Fayetteville State University
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
1200 Murchison Road |
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana |
Michigan District Office |
Point of Contact
Greg Taylor
Phone: 910-672-1593
Fax: 910-672-2122
Email: vboc@uncfsu.edu
Webpage: http://www.uncfsu.edu/sbe/vboc.htm
Region V
VetBiz Central, Inc
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
711 N. Saginaw St. |
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana |
Michigan District Office |
Point of Contact
Edward Ronders/Matt Sherwood
Phone: 810-767-8387
Fax: 810-767-8662
Email: ed@vetbizcentral.com or matt@vetbizcentral.com
Webpage: http://www.vetbizcentral.com
Region VI
The University of Texas - Pan American
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
1201 West University Drive |
Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma |
Lower Rio Grande Valley District Office |
Point of Contact
Alonzo Gracia
Phone: 956-292-7547
Fax: 956-316-2612
Email: vboc@panam.edu
Webpage: http://www.utpa.edu/vboc
Veterans Enterprise Training Program
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
300 San Mateo NE # 106 |
Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma |
New Mexico District Office |
Point of Contact
Lloyd Calderon
Phone: 505-841-2956 or 1-877-708-0002
Fax: 505-841-5560
Email: Lloyd.calderon@state.nm.us
Webpage: http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/vetpro.html
Louisiana Veterans Business Outreach Center
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
107 South Lake Arthur Avenue, Suite #7 |
Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma |
New Orleans District Office |
Point of Contact
Charles Achane
Phone: 337-296-8580
Fax: 337-246-3334
Email: lvboc@charter.net
Webpage: www.lvboc.org
Region VII
Veterans Advocacy Foundation, Inc.
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
4236 Lindell Blvd |
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska |
Saint Louis District Office |
Point of Contact
Darcella Craven
Phone: 314-531-8387
Fax: 877-825-4190
Email: info@vetbiz.com
Webpage: http://www.vetbiz.com
Region VIII
Rocky Boys Veteran’s Association
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
96 Clinic Road |
Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota |
Montana District Office |
Point of Contact
Judi Houle
Phone: 406-395-4728
Fax: 406-395-4503
Email: houle_judi@yahoo.com
Webpage: http://www.rockyboy.com
Region IX
Vietnam Veterans of California - VBOC
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
7270 E. Southgate Drive, Suite 1 |
California, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada |
Sacramento District Office |
Point of Contact
Coreena Conoley
Phone: 916-393-1690
Fax: 916-393-1693
Email: cconley@vboc-ca.org
Webpage: http://www.vboc-ca.org
Guam Veterans Business Outreach Center
Address |
States Covered |
District Office |
172 South Marine Dr. Asan, Guam 96923 |
California, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada |
Guam District Office |
Point of Contact
Anita Borja-Enriquez
Phone: 671-735-2520
Fax: 671-7345362
Email: abe@uguam.uog.edu
Webpage: www.uog.edu/sbpa
