Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr height="266"> <td class="xl78" width="864" height="266">Pacific Gateway Center (PGC) will use CED Social Enterprise funds for the PGC Social Enterprise Program (PGC-SEP), which will expand PGC’s efforts to support the start-up and expansion of social enterprise businesses throughout communities in Honolulu, Hawaii. PGC will use CED Social Enterprise funds to create a low-interest micro-loan fund and provide infrastructure improvements (space and equipment) for potential business clients incubated through PGC’s three existing incubators: farm incubator, culinary business incubator, and retail restaurant business incubator (Paradise Enterprise Center Business Incubator), and PGC’s new service center. The project will begin with a focus on expanding PGC’s three existing businesses, The Pig & The Lady (TPL), a pop-up restaurant which is now one of the top 5 restaurants in Honolulu; Grown with Aloha, which extracts beneficial oils and bi-products from farm crop; and HealthChoice, which hires potential PGC referrals and provides informational services to other social service programs. PGC-SEP will use its existing network to recruit new clients to participate in its incubation services. Additionally, CED Social Enterprise Funds will be used to provide technical assistance and trainings on business related principles and addressing challenges, direct social services, access to business assistance opportunities like credit and investment or access to facilities and equipment, and support to help social enterprises thrive with guidance on capacity, coaching, capital, connections and contracts to ensure client’s business plan is on track. This project will serve communities from Kalihi to Chinatown, a high poverty area, 80% of which are located in Hawaii’s Opportunity Zone.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
