SSBCI Technical Assistance Grant Program

The SSBCI VC TA Program is intended to provide grant funds to eligible recipients to provide legal, accounting, and financial advisory services either directly or through legal, accounting, or financial advisory firms to very small businesses (VSB) and business enterprises owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SEDI-owned businesses) that are applying for, preparing to apply for, or have previously applied for a SSBCI capital program or other federal or other jurisdiction small business program.

Type of assistance: Grant Award: not published as a range Total funding: $2250000.00 Cost sharing or matching: No Applications: 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-30 Apply: https://dceo.illinois.gov/aboutdceo/grantopportunities/2932-4337.html Source: Illinois's list of open state funding notices (GATA, omb.illinois.gov).

Eligible applicant types: For-Profit Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Small Businesses

Eligible applicants include: Legal, Accounting, or Financial advisory Non-Profit or For-Profit entities. Applicants may administer TA services directly or contract with legal, accounting, and financial advisory firms to provide TA services. In accordance with 12 U.S.C. § 5708(e)(1), a subrecipient may be an entity of the eligible recipient (e.g., a state entity), or a legal, accounting, or financial advisory nonprofit or for-profit entity, and a third-party contractor may be a legal, accounting, or financial advisory nonprofit or for-profit entity. Eligible applicants may not be suspended, debarred, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in federal assistance programs or activities pursuant to 31 C.F.R. § 19.300.