The U.S. Department of the Treasury is now soliciting applications for technical assistance grants,.
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Equity Funds Needed to Further Worker-to-Owner Buyouts
Using funds from the State Small Business Credit Initiative, states could accelerate transitions.
Continue ReadingPositioning SSBCI to Benefit Employee Ownership
The Vermont Employee Ownership Center is engaging the state’s economic development agencies to ensure that the state’s SSBCI program supports employee ownership transitions.
Continue ReadingVideo: New Financing Could Be Game Changer for Employee Ownership
In a short video, Marjorie Kelly, senior fellow at The Democracy Collaborative, explains how the State Small Business Credit Initiative can be leveraged for employee ownership transitions.
Continue ReadingNew SSBCI Program Could Help Finance Employee Ownership Funds
The $10 billion Treasury program allows for employee ownership investments.
Continue ReadingDick May and Chris Mackin: A $100 billion loan guarantee program for employee ownership would be transformational
A federal loan guarantee program of $100 billion per year would permit policymakers to grasp how employee ownership could truly address the problem of economic inequality on a national level.
Continue ReadingBruce Dobb & Tomás Durán: Overcoming the “Equity Injection” Obstacle to Employee Ownership
The reauthorization of the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) could offer a timely answer to the down payment dilemma.
Continue ReadingSSBCI Technical Assistance Funds Could Support Outreach & Education
State Centers for Employee Ownership could ramp up their education and outreach to business owners, business service providers, and state leaders with SSBCI technical assistance funds.
Continue ReadingThe State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI): An Opportunity to Grow Employee Ownership?
Could SSBCI 2.0 provide the capital to begin to significantly redistribute business ownership?
Continue ReadingMelissa Hoover: SSBCI Financing Sets Stage to Grow Employee Ownership Conversions
As a field we will need to work hard to build the pathways for capital and technical assistance within the SSBCI program.
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