Provides microenterprise programs that include:
-Empresas Small Business Development Program: Provides training, mentoring, and referrals. Individual development accounts (IDAs) and financial literacy classes are also offered. Provides access to a commercial kitchen for small catering and food product businesses.
-Sustainable Agriculture Program, Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), and Distributor: Provides training on organic farming and marketing support. Connects Latino growers to local eaters and matches produce to institutional buyers. IDAs are also available.
-Forest Grove and Cornelius Farmers Markets: Serves as a small-business incubator for the Empresas and Sustainable Agriculture programs.

Offers economic development programs that support small business, improve access to workforce training, and create jobs for Portland residents.

Provides confidential one-on-one business advising to new and existing businesses through personalized trainings and workshops. Assists with business and marketing plans, financial proposals, and provides market research assistance.

Provides information, networking opportunities, mentoring, and technical assistance for businesses in areas of financial management, legal support, marketing, and more. Also offers a scholarship fund for American Indian and Alaskan Native students entering college.

Provides small loans to people and businesses. Includes auto, consumer, credit-builder, micro, and small business loans. Also offers affordable housing finance and small business equity investments.

Empresarios is here to support your needs as an entrepreneur and give you the resources to start, grow, or scale your business in the food industry. Offer a monthly orientation to their services, an ABC’s of small business workshop, a commercial kitchen for rent, as well as access to capital and connections with Portland’s network of supports for entrepreneurs.

Provides training and accreditation services to provide home-based child care, microenterprise development services, financial literacy training, and individual development accounts (IDAs).

Provides training and accreditation services to provide home-based child care, microenterprise development services, financial literacy training, and individual development accounts (IDAs).

Provides training and accreditation services to provide home-based child care, microenterprise development services, financial literacy training, and individual development accounts (IDAs).

Provides services to strengthen clients' skills in the workforce, including:
-Information and referral for employment and training opportunities
-Translation and interpretation
-Resume assistance
-Application assistance, email and internet correspondence
-Computer training
-English tutoring and ESL classes (virtuial))
-Goal-setting
-Referrals for small business development

Provides services to strengthen clients' skills in the workforce, including:
-Information and referral for employment and training opportunities
-Translation and interpretation
-Resume assistance
-Application assistance, email and internet correspondence
-Computer training
-English tutoring and ESL classes (virtuial))
-Goal-setting
-Referrals for small business development

Provides services to strengthen clients' skills in the workforce, including:
-Information and referral for employment and training opportunities
-Translation and interpretation
-Resume assistance
-Application assistance, email and internet correspondence
-Computer training
-English tutoring and ESL classes (virtuial))
-Goal-setting
-Referrals for small business development

Provides an opportunity for persons to access information and resources about running a business including planning and strategy development; market research; human resources support; financial analysis; loan packaging; and specialized information and referral. Also offers a course revolving strictly around assistance with accounting and bookkeeping systems.

Offers services to assist community members in getting back to a place of financial self-sufficiency. Asset building services include Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) assistance and FDIC Money Smart Financial Education classes. One-on-one counseling is also available for credit health assessments, business plans, debt reduction, and accessing free credit reports. Also offers tax preparation assistance and computer access for self-filers.

Provides technical assistance, training in business skills, assistance writing business plans, access to financial business counseling, individual development accounts (IDAs), and other support for individuals who want to establish a small business.

Provides financial literacy classes for community members and business owners. Business mentoring, including culturally sensitive supportive service and access to start-up grants, is available. Child care is available if requested.

Provides business mentoring, webinars and courses on demand, an online resource library, and local business events for new and existing small business owners.

Provides counsel to new and existing businesses through personalized trainings and workshops. Assists with business and marketing plans, financial proposals, and provides market research assistance.