Class & Training Grant Application

Business Eligibility

To qualify for an SMPDC Hub grant, your business must be located in one of the municipalities listed above.

Is your business a nonprofit or for-profit? * Nonprofit
For-profit

Does your business employ 25 or fewer employees? (Including 1099 contract workers but NOT including business owner(s), unless they are a W-2 employee) * Yes
No

Businesses with more than 25 employees do not qualify for SMPDC Hub grants.

How many Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) employees did your business employ during the most recent calendar month for which information is available? (FTE = at least 30 hours per week or at least 130 hours per month)

How many Part-Time employees did your business employ during the most recent calendar month for which information is available? (PT = less than 30 hours per week or less than 130 hours per month)

Are you a seasonal employer? (7 months or less per year) * Yes
No

If your business is seasonal, how many FTE employees did you employ during the last 12-month period?

Business Information

Name of Business *

Name of Business Owner *

Name of additional business owner, if any

Business Owner's Phone Number

Business Owner's Email

Additional Email, if applicable

What is the business type? * Brick-and-Mortar Retail
Online Retail
Personal Service
Business Service
Production
Restaurant or other Food Establishment
Other (please explain below)

If you selected "other," please explain your business type.

Provide your numeric business type code from the list of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code Categories. *

If you do not know this number, you can find the specific code on the NAICS website available here: https://www.naics.com/search/.

Grant Request

What type of training or class would you like to take?

Where is the class offered? One of the York County Adult Education Programs
York County Community College
Other (please explain below)

Briefly describe how your business would benefit from taking this class. If you are interested in a class or training not currently listed under the SMPDC hub program, please include a description of the class and the name of the institution offering it. *

What is the cost of the class? *

In addition to applying for a Classes & Training Hub Grant, are you interested in any other form(s) of assistance? Select all that apply. Financial Assistance Hub Grant (separate application required)
Technical Assistance Hub Grant (separate application required)
Free business counseling
I am only interested in obtaining a Classes & Training Hub Grant

How did you find out about this program?

Has your business connected with a free business counselor in the last 3 months? * Yes
No

SMPDC strongly recommends that applicants seek guidance from one of the region's free business counseling organizations prior to applying for a Hub Grant. Doing so greatly improves your application's likelihood of success.

A list of free business counseling organizations can be found on the SMPDC Economic Recovery Hub Program webpage.

Business Owner Demographic Survey

Answers provided to the following questions are voluntary and will be used for confidential statistical purposes only.

Does your business identify as any of the following? (check all that apply) Woman-owned business
Veteran-owned business
Hispanic-owned business
Alaskan Native-Owned Business
Asian-Owned Business
Black or African American-Owned Business
Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, or Penobscot Tribal-owned Business
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander-Owned Business
Other Tribal-owned Business
Other Underrepresented Group

What is your country of origin?

What is your first language?

After your application is submitted and reviewed, a Hub program

staff person will reach out to you at the contact information you provided.