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Causes: Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Microfinance, Small Business Development
Mission: To assist disadvantaged persons in overcoming information barriers, to assist in developing self-employment and micro-enterprise opportunities that can provide them with livable income and allow them to take greater control of their lives, and create a network of small business owners that support each other's businesses, share information and resources and join together to pursue benefits, protections, and opportunities that might not be available to them as individual business owners.
Programs: Good work network promoted and helped to build relationships between qualified small minority firms and medium to large sized mainstream businesses.
the good work network provided counseling services, technical assistance, and trainings to over 500 small business entrepreneurs.
the good work network increased disadvantaged businesses' ability to access capital by improving financial management, reporting skills and relationships with lenders.
the good work network is the primary provider of business development services for the small community-based businesses that support families and sustain communities. The network educates, coaches and supports these smaller businesses to help them improve their skills, realize their full potential and become active participants in the local economy. The network works to expand the local economy by building minority and women owned businesses.