| Southern Tier East Regional Planning & Development Board (Website: www.stny.com/Sterpdb/tier.htm ) Tier Information and & Enterprise Resources, Inc. (Affiliate of STERPDB) 375 State St, Binghamton, NY 13901 Phone: (607) 724-1327 Eligibility: STERPDB serves communities in the Southern Tier (including Delaware County). TIER Inc. offers financial assistance to small business. Services available: STERPDB provides planning and economic development assistance; packaging federal/state programs including the Appalachian Regional Commission Area Development Program Grants for projects aiding job creating/retention. TIER administers a RLF for small businesses, a rural microloan program and SBA loans. |
| State University of New York, Small Business Development Center (Websites: www.sba.gov and www.business.gov ) SBA Infoline: (800)-8-ASK-SBA; (800) 827-5722 Eligibility: Small Businesses Services available: Free counseling, business planning, accounting, marketing/export research. |
| SUNY at Oneonta Center for Economic and Community Development (Website: www.oneonta.edu/advancement/cecd/ ) Morris Conference Center, SUCO, Oneonta, NY 13820 Phone: (607) 436-2792 Eligibility: Small business & communities in Delaware, Otsego, Chenango and Schoharie counties. Services available: Professional advisement and counseling; non-profit Leadership Forum conferences and seminars, and Grants Development office. |
| SUNY at New Paltz Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR) For more information about SPIR: ( www.spir.sunysb.edu/text/what_is_spir.html ) Morris Conference Center, SUCO, Oneonta, NY 13820 Phone: (607) 436-2792 Eligibility: Small business & communities in Delaware, Otsego, Chenango and Schoharie counties. Services available: Professional advisement and counseling; non-profit Leadership Forum conferences and seminars, and Grants Development office. |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi - Delhi Tech (Website: www.delhi.edu ) Center for Continuing Education and Corporate Services SUNY Delhi, Delhi, NY 13753 Phone: (607) 746-4504 or (607) 746-4545 Eligibility: The Center for Continuing Education and Corporate Services provides customized service to business, industry, government, labor agencies, public and non-profit organizations. Services offered to Business and Industry: Management Development - Workforce Development, Computer Courses - On Site or Web-based Technical Courses - Professional and Career Development |
| SUNY Morrisville Office of Corporate and Community Relations (Website: www.morrisville.edu )
SUNY Morrisville, Morrisville, NY 13408 Phone: (518) 684-6615 Eligibility: Business & Industry Services offered to Job Seekers: Certificate and non-degree training programs, college-credited courses, work experience (short-term internship), job placement, post-employment and support services, career counseling & assessment, resume & cover letter writing, information and referrals. Services offered to Business and Industry: Customized training, college-credited courses on-site, teleconferencing, grant assistance. |
| Tax Credits - New York State Dept. of Labor (NYSDOL) (Website: www.dutchessworks.com )
Delhi DoL Office: 112 Main Street, Delhi, NY 13753 - (607) 746-6381 Norwich DoL Office: 1 O'Hara Drive, Norwich, NY 13815 - (607) 334-2201 Oneonta DoL Office: 12 Dietz Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 - (607) 432-4800 Sidney DoL Office: 21 Liberty Street, Civic Center, Sidney, NY 13838 - (607) 561-2348 Economic Development Services Unit Phone: (800) HIRE-992 Eligibility: The Labor Department can help businesses to sort through the wide variety of of government programs available to underwrite workforce expansion and training. The key characteristics of these programs are: the employer makes all hiring decisions, there is not a limit to the number of new hires who can qualify their employer for tax savings, and very minimal paperwork is required to claim the tax benefits. Services available: There are state and federal incentives for employers to hire job seekers from nine target groups. The target groups include; long-term welfare recipients, other welfare beneficiaries, veterans, young food stamp recipients, young residents of certain empowerment zones, vocational rehabilitation referrals, ex-felons and SSI recipients. Tax credits exist for the following programs; Welfare to Work, Work Opportunity, Economic Development Zones/Zone Equivalent Areas and Workers with disabilities. The Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit for hiring long-term welfare recipients covers 35% of qualified wages for the first year and up to 50% for the second year up to $8,500. It applies to workers hired between December 31, 1997 and January 1, 2002. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit offers up to $2,400 for each new hire, with a higher percentage of credit according to the number of hours worked. It applies to new hires that start work before December 31, 2001. |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funds (Website: www.otda.state.ny.us )
Cooperstown Office: 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 - (607) 547-4297 Delhi Office: 111 Main Street, Delhi, NY 13753 - (607) 746-2325 Norwich Office: P.O. Box 590, Norwich, NY 13815 - (607) 337-1518 SUNY Morrisville, Morrisville, NY 13408 Phone: (518) 684-6615 Eligibility: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Recipient (TANF) Services available: Assessment; Counseling, Job Search and Placement Assistance; Training; On-the-Job Training, Customized Training; Skill Upgrading; Limited Supportive Services |
| United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Funds (Website: www.nrcs.usda.gov ) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Resource Conservation & Development Councils Accessing Funds: Natural Resource Conservation Service, South Central NY RC&D Council Cooperstown Office: 967 Cty Hwy 23, Cooperstown, NY 13326 - (607) 547-8131 Norwich Office: 99 N. Broad Street, Norwich, NY 13815 - (607) 334-4715 Walton Office: 44 West Street, Walton, NY 13856 - (607) 865-4005 SUNY Morrisville, Morrisville, NY 13408 Phone: (518) 684-6615 Eligibility: NRCS: land/water conservation; RC & D Councils; sustainable natural resources-based economic development Services available: NRCS provides technical and financial assistance for land/soil/waterway/ecological conservation activities. RC&D's provide technical and financial packaging assistance to natural resources dependent businesses and communities. NRCS works in partnership with the American people to conserve and sustain natural resources on private lands. |
| United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Funds (Website: www.rurdev.usda.gov/ny ) Rural Development in New York State - Farm Service Agency Rural Housing & Community Development Service - Rural Business Enterprise Grants (RBEG) Rural Utilities Service - Rural Business & Cooperative Development Service Farm Service Agency: (315) 477-6303 (Website: www.fsa.usda.gov/NY ) Oneonta Office: (607) 432-6261 Syracuse Office: (315) 477-6400 Eligibility: Businesses, Cooperatives, Municipalities, Public bodies and private not-for-profit corporations. (Public bodies are States, counties, cities, townships, incorporated towns and villages, boroughs, authorities, districts and federally recognized Indian Tribes.) Services available: Business & Industry Direct & Guaranteed Loans, Rural business Enterprise & Opportunity Grants, Intermediary Relending Program, Economic Development Loans & Grants, Cooperative Development Service. Loan & Grant program for Rural Utilities (energy, telecommunications, water/waste disposal system.) Rural communities can receive assistance in promoting the development of small businesses through the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) program. Grantees use the funds to promote the development of small private businesses, which are defined as having 50 or fewer new employees and less than $1 million in projected annual gross revenue. Rural communities include cities with up to and less than $1 million in projected annual gross revenue. Rural communities include cities with up to 50,000 population and cannot be within the urbanized area of a larger city. |
| United States Department of Commerce (DOC) (Website: www.doc.gov ) Economic Development Administration - Export Assistance Office Syracuse Office: (315) 448-0938 White Plains: (845) 682-6264 Eligibility: Distressed communities (high unemployment, low-income, population loss, many business failures) Services available: Export promotion, sustainable development, brown fields re-use, incubators small business, defense downsizing adjustments, regional partnerships for economic development. |
| United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technologies (Website: www.energy.gov ) - Technology Access Partnerships for Industrial Excellence Technologies Department of Energy Office: (303) 275-4716 Eligibility: Municipalities, business, universities, non-profits, individuals Services available: Six programs support technology deployment, promote energy efficiency, clean production, economic competitiveness, etc. |
| United States Department of Housing & Development (HUD) (Website: www.hud.gov ) Community Development Block Grants, Small Cities Program, Empowerment Zone Program Regional Office: HUD, 52 Corporate Circle, Albany, NY 12203 Phone: (518) 464-4200 Eligibility: Non-entitlement communities, units of local government with population less than 50,000 and non-metro counties. Services available: Loans and grants for housing, economic development, public facilities affecting public health. |
| United States Small Business Administration (Website: www.sba.gov ) Volunteer Service Corps of Retired Executives - One Stop Capital Shops (with HUD and USDA) Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) at Universities - (Website: www.business.gov ) SBA Infoline: (800) 8-ASK-SBA; (800) 827-5722 Eligibility: Small Businesses Services available: Training, counseling & business development via loan guarantees. Programs for guaranteeing contractors’ surety bonds, for export, legal, financial and technical assistance, for technology transfer, veterans, women & minority enterprise development, disaster assistance. |
| Village of Sidney Industrial Development Agency (IDA) - Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
Accessing Funds: IDA - Sidney Village Attorney, RLF - Sidney Village Treasurer IDA Office: (607) 563-3565 RLF Office: (607) 561-2324 Eligibility: Businesses in the Village of Sidney Services available: Administers Industrial Development Agency & Revolving Loan Fund. |
| Wage Subsidy Program - Delaware Opportunities (DO) - Opportunities for Chenango Opportunities for Otsego - Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego County Chamber of Commerces Delaware Opportunites Inc., 47 Main St, Delhi, NY 13753 (607) 746-2165 (More info) Opportunites for Chenango, 44 W Main St, Norwich, NY 13815 (607) 334-7114 (More info) Opportunites for Otsego, 3 W Broadway, Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-3742 ext. 26 (More info) Chenango County Chamber of Commerce, (607) 334-1400 (www.chenangony.org) Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, (607) 746-2281 (www.delawarecounty.org) The Otsego County Chamber, (607) 432-4500 (www.otsegocountychamber.com) Eligibility: 200% of poverty level and must have dependents or be a non-custodial parent. Services available: Employers in Delaware, Chenango, and Otsego Counties are eligible to participate. This program funded by the New York State Department of Labor is designed to assist employers in recruiting and training new employees and to help new workers gain the skills they need gain the skills they need to be successful on the job. Wage Subsidy up to $12/hr. plus fringes for up to three months. Job readiness, job referral, and also job coaching available. |
| Welfare to Work Formula Funds - Welfare to Work Competitive Funds
Accessing Funds: Local Workforce Investment Boards, County OET's, Local Social Service Districts Otsego County OET (607) 432-4800 (Website: www.oet.org) Delaware County OET (800) 638-6136 (Website: www.delawarecountybrc.com/oet.htm) Chenango County Office Employment & Training 5 West Main Street, Norwich, NY 13815 - (607) 337-9400 - Fax (607) 336-6866 Delaware County Office Employment & Training, Toll-Free (800) 638-6136 Delhi: 97 Main St, Suite 4, Delhi, NY 13753 - (607) 746-7477 - Fax (607) 746-7106 Sidney: 21 Liberty St, 2nd Fl, Sidney, NY 13838 - (607) 561-7550 - Fax (607) 563-9612 Otsego County Office Employment & Training 12 Dietz Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 - (607) 432-4800 or Toll-Free (800) 244-5779 Eligibility: TANF and non-custodial parent of TANF recipient, former and present foster children ages 18-24. Services available: Job counseling, testing and assessment, job referral, paid work experience, OJT, car repair, gas vouchers, vocational training (6 months or less), job retention services. |
| Western Catskills Community Revitalization Corp. (Website: www.westerncatskills.org )
Western Catskills Community Revitalization, 125 Main St, Stamford, NY 12167 Phone: (607) 652-2823 Eligibility: Housing, Community Development Services available: Directs Rural Prevention program for Western Catskills communities. |
| Workforce Investment Act (WIA) - Title I Adult Funds
Accessing Funds: Local Workforce Investment Boards/One Stop Operators/ Local County OET's Otsego County OET (607) 432-3742 (Website: www.oet.org) Delaware County OET (800) 638-6136 (Website: www.delawarecountybrc.com/oet.htm) Chenango County Office Employment & Training 5 West Main Street, Norwich, NY 13815 - (607) 337-9400 - Fax (607) 336-6866 Delaware County Office Employment & Training, Toll-Free (800) 638-6136 Delhi: 97 Main St, Suite 4, Delhi, NY 13753 - (607) 746-7477 - Fax (607) 746-7106 Sidney: 21 Liberty St, 2nd Fl, Sidney, NY 13838 - (607) 561-7550 - Fax (607) 563-9612 Otsego County Office Employment & Training 12 Dietz Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 - (607) 432-4800 or Toll-Free (800) 244-5779 Eligibility: 250% of poverty level - Ages 18 and up Services available: Assessment; Counseling; Job Search and Placement Assistance; Training: On-the-Job Training, Customized Training; Skills Upgrading; Limited Supportive Services |
| Workforce Investment Act (WIA) - Title I Dislocated Workers Fund
Accessing Funds: Local Workforce Investment Boards/One Stop Operators/ Local County OET's Otsego County OET (607) 432-4800 (Website: www.oet.org) Delaware County OET (800) 638-6136 (Website: www.delawarecountybrc.com/oet.htm) Chenango County Office Employment & Training 5 West Main Street, Norwich, NY 13815 - (607) 337-9400 - Fax (607) 336-6866 Delaware County Office Employment & Training, Toll-Free (800) 638-6136 Delhi: 97 Main St, Suite 4, Delhi, NY 13753 - (607) 746-7477 - Fax (607) 746-7106 Sidney: 21 Liberty St, 2nd Fl, Sidney, NY 13838 - (607) 561-7550 - Fax (607) 563-9612 Otsego County Office Employment & Training 12 Dietz Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 - (607) 432-4800 or Toll-Free (800) 244-5779 Eligibility: Dislocated Worker as defined in Workforce Investment Act Services available: Assessment; Counseling; Job Search and Placement Assistance; Training: On-the-Job Training, Customized Training; Skills Upgrading; Limited Supportive Services |
| Workforce Investment Act (WIA) - Title I Youth Services Fund
Accessing Funds: Local Workforce Investment Boards/One Stop Operators/ Local County OET's New York State Workforce Development (Website: www.wdsny.org/wiayouth.htm) Otsego County OET (607) 432-4800 (Website: www.oet.org) Delaware County OET (800) 638-6136 (Website: www.delawarecountybrc.com/oet.htm) Chenango County Office Employment & Training 5 West Main Street, Norwich, NY 13815 - (607) 337-9400 - Fax (607) 336-6866 Delaware County Office Employment & Training, Toll-Free (800) 638-6136 Delhi: 97 Main St, Suite 4, Delhi, NY 13753 - (607) 746-7477 - Fax (607) 746-7106 Sidney: 21 Liberty St, 2nd Fl, Sidney, NY 13838 - (607) 561-7550 - Fax (607) 563-9612 Otsego County Office Employment & Training 12 Dietz Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 - (607) 432-4800 or Toll-Free (800) 244-5779 Eligibility: Aged 14 - 21; 100% of poverty level and one barrier; deficient in basic literacy skills, high school dropout, homeless, a runaway, foster child, pregnant or a parent, or offender. Services available: Assessment; Counseling; Job Search and Placement Assistance; Training: On-the-Job Training, Customized Training; Skills Upgrading; Limited Supportive Services |
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