grams. They include the Small Business Development Centers( SBDCs), Women’ s Business Centers( WBCs), the national SCORE mentoring program, Emerging Leaders, Regional Innovation Clusters and ScaleUp America. These dynamic SBA resource partners and entrepreneurial programs provide quality one-on-one consulting, training and counseling that can help you start, grow and compete in the marketplace. The numbers speak for themselves:
• Small Business Development Centers counseled and trained nearly 500,000 clients.
• SCORE counseled and trained more than 349,000 clients.
• Women ' s Business Centers provided assistance to over 140,000 clients.
• Emerging Leaders initiative expanded to serve 48 communities and over 800 small businesses.
• Regional Innovation Clusters initiative served nearly 1,000 small businesses and adding three new Clusters.
• ScaleUp America initiative ended fiscal year 2015 with over 200 participating businesses in eight communities. ScaleUp has expanded to seven new communities in fiscal year 2016. of Encore Mentoring with AARP. During the campaign, more than 100 local sessions and workshops were hosted by SBA district offices, including webinars held nationwide with subject matter experts, industry professionals, successful entrepreneurs, and business coaches.
If news of the SBA Resource Partners is starting to sound familiar, you may recall last month we listed their National Tour Stops. So, if you haven’ t already, make plans now to attend the National Tour event coming to your area. You can view the dates and times of their scheduled stops on our website at www. pneupathforliving. com or go to www. sba. gov for more information.
The SBA also helps target market audiences such as women, veterans, young entrepreneurs, growth-oriented businesses and those over age 50. We reached over 170,000 clients during our Encore Entrepreneurship campaign, including the National Summer www. pneupathforliving. com 33