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Thirteen female refugees from Afghanistan gathered Friday in a Modesto park to celebrate their completion of a program that is expected to improve their families’ economic well-being as well as enable ...

Victor Harerimana poses for a photograph in Cleveland on May 4, 2022. Harerimana is a Congolese refugee who used the Microenterprise Development program to launch Equity Languages and Employment ...

José Guevara is a small business owner currently working with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City’s microenterprise development program! Originally from Venezuela, José moved to ...

Delaware County has been awarded a state Office of Community Renewal Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $300,000 for a Microenterprise Program, to be administered by Delaware County ...

Providing loans to help poor people start their own businesses is a popular way to fight poverty in the developing world. Less well known are the more than 300 such programs in the United States that ...

The program will distribute 10 one-time grants of $7,200 to eligible microenterprises, according to the announcement. Officials note that funding is limited and preference will be given to first-time ...