ADVOCAP 19 West First Street P.O. Box 1108 Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1108 Toll Free: (800)631-7760 Direct: (920)922-7760 TTY: (920)922-3975 Fax: (920)922-7214 mikeb@advocap.org http://www.advocap.org ADVOCAP, Inc. is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving low income people in Green Lake, Fond du Lac, and Winnebago Counties in East Central Wisconsin.
Business Assistance Center 2701 Larsen Rd Green Bay, WI 54303 Direct: (920)496-9010 http://www.mynewbusiness.org The Center offers classes in conducting your feasibility study. We also offer classes specifically for DBE’s (disadvantaged business enterprises) especially women and minority owned businesses to help them compete on a level playing field. Classes are offered for credit and non-for credit, and open to all. Special considerations are made for women and minority owned businesses operating in Brown County and the Oneida Nation.
CAP Services, Inc. 5499 Highway 10 East Stevens Point, WI 54481 Direct: (715)343-7500 info@capmail.org http://www.capserv.org Nearly three dozen programs are offered by CAP through four departments to help people attain economic and emotional self-sufficiency.
Impact Seven 147 Lake Almena Drive Almena, WI 54805 Direct: (715)357-3334 Fax: (715)357-6233 http://www.impactseven.org I-7’s mission is to comprehensively impact the population of Wisconsin, with an emphasis on the rural areas of the state. I-7 acts as a catalyst to create opportunity for the underserved of Wisconsin, including women, minorities, low-income and disabled people, and distressed communities.
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund 8355 Unity Drive, Suite 100 Virginia, MN 55792 Toll Free: (800)422-0374 Direct: (218)749-4191 info@entrepreneurfund.org http://www.entrepreneurfund.org The Northeast Entrepreneur Fund is a private nonprofit organization. We help people develop their ideas for starting or expanding small businesses in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Our technical assistance services include classroom training and individual consulting. We help people with business planning, including developing a business idea, targeting markets, determining financial feasibility, managing cash flow and setting personal and business goals.
Two Rivers Economic Development PO Box 87 1717 East Park Street Two Rivers, WI 54241 Direct: (920)793-5565 Fax: (920)793-5563 danpaw@two-rivers.org http://www.tworiverseconomicdevelopment.org Information about business and community development in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency PO Box 308 525 2nd Street Glenwood City, WI 54013 Toll Free: (800)606-9227 Direct: (715)265-4271 Fax: (715)265-7031 http://www.westcap.org West CAP is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. West CAP serves the Wisconsin counties of Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix. The mission of West CAP is to take action against poverty by developing the social and economic assets of low-income families and their communities, and by working to create a more just and sustainable society.
Western Dairyland Community Action Agency 23122 Whitehall Rd PO Box 125 Independence, WI 54747 Toll Free: (800)985-2391 Direct: (715)985-2391 info@westerndairyland.org http://www.westerndairyland.org Western Dairyland Community Action Agency was established June 6, 1966, under the Economic Opportunity Act to help disadvantaged individuals in Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson, and Trempealeau counties located in West Central Wisconsin. The agency’s mission is to alleviate poverty related conditions and provide opportunities which enable people to advance economically and socially. The agency works with individuals as well as community organizations to improve the quality of life for all.
Wisconsin Community Action Program Association 1310 Mendota St Suite 107 Madison, WI 53714 Direct: (608)244-4422 Fax: (608)244-4064 wiscap@wiscap.org http://www.wiscap.org WISCAP is the voluntary association of Wisconsin’s 16 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and 3 special purpose agencies that have state-wide anti-poverty missions. WISCAP has served the needs of its member agencies through various ways: helping to identify and sponsor professional training in anti-poverty areas, facilitating quarterly meetings of Community Action Agency leadership staff and board members, serving as a conduit for resource development needs of its members, advocating for public policy conducive to the locally-developed goals of its member agencies and advocating for laws, rules and regulations which support economic opportunity efforts, community development, and locally-designed strategies and procedures.
Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Office Room 105 Delzell Hall UW-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI 54481-3897 Direct: (715)346-2760 Fax: (715)346-4620 http://www.uwex.edu/ces/dist/central/ UW-Extension extends the knowledge and resources of the University of Wisconsin to people where they live and work
Wisconsin Department of Commerce 201 West Washington Avenue PO Box 7970 Madison, WI 53707-7970 Direct: (608)266-1018 http://www.commerce.state.wi.us Commerce’s vision is to make Wisconsin the best place to live and do business. Its mission is to drive retention and creation of quality jobs and promote safe, healthy communities.
Wisconsin Self-Employment Network 136 Dewey St. Sun Prairie, WI 53590 Direct: (608)318-0700 Fax: (608)318-0471 shannonm@pcsdane.org http://www.selfemploymentnetwork.com/ On this site you will find resources, links and information to guide you (or someone you know) in developing a customized self-employment work opportunity. You can also access technical assistance through this site or join a listserve to receive resources and training announcements about customized self-employment.
Wisconsin Telework Loan Program WI Toll Free: (877)463-3778 TTY: (877)463-3778 kaltman@independencefirst.org http://www.independencefirst.org/print.asp?i=219 The Wisconsin Telework Loan Program is a statewide, alternative loan program that allows Wisconsin residents with disabilities to purchase computers and other equipment needed to work from home or from other remote sites away from the office, such as work on the road or at a telework center.
Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation 2745 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Milwaukee, WI 53212 Direct: (414)263-5450 Fax: (414)263-5456 http://www.wwbic.com The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) is an economic development corporation providing quality business education and access to capital for entrepreneurs.
ADVOCAP, Inc. is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving low income people in Green Lake, Fond du Lac, and Winnebago Counties in East Central Wisconsin.
