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Raise the Bar Why Not Self Employment?

Raise the Bar Why Not Self Employment?. Who We Are. NEBA New England Business Associates Jeannine Pavlak, Executive Director BDC Business Development Center Colleen Moynihan, Program Director Mission

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Raise the Bar Why Not Self Employment?

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  1. Raise the Bar Why Not Self Employment?

  2. Who We Are • NEBA New England Business Associates Jeannine Pavlak, Executive Director • BDC Business Development Center Colleen Moynihan, Program Director Mission To enable people with disabilities to be fully included in community life, primarily through employment.

  3. New England Business Associates • Incorporated 1983 • Service Area • Programs Supported Employment On Our Way Career Ladders DTA services Self Employment

  4. NEBA Business Development Center • Pilot Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council • Key location • Training Access Options • CDC

  5. Self Employment Benefits • Personal Development • Flexible Time Management • Planned Income Growth

  6. Self Employment Challenges • Funding • Sustainability • Long Term Team Support

  7. Self Employment Challenges • Fear of Losing Benefits • Individuals Seen as Incompetent • Community & Peers Dismiss Idea as Viable • Engaged Long Term Team

  8. Why A Business • Who Is The Team? • What Is Their Role? • How Is Team Identified?

  9. Business Plan Development • Assessment • Tools • Doing the Plan Financials Business Narrative Marketing

  10. Client Source • Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies • Community Rehabilitation Providers • Federal Programs- VA, TTW, SCORE • Individual

  11. Program Resources • Plan for Achieving Self Sufficiency PASS • Ticket to Work TTW • SCORE, SBA • Certified Benefit Specialists

  12. Program Resources • Community Development Collaborative • Partnership Plus • Fees

  13. BDC Statistics 2014Since 2009 • Inquiries 194 • Completed Plans 96 49% • Active Businesses 48 50% • Employees (jobs created) 23 • Impact Self Sufficiency $320,680

  14. Businesses Ventures • Adam A web design • Sarah P graphic interpreter • Cindi O artist • Mark N motivational speaker

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