Provides education and information pertaining to business management skills involving cash flow management, bookkeeping practices, business planning, and succession planning for business transfers.

Business and Industry Training provides customized training programs to increase employee productivity and job efficiency at either the BOCES campus or business locations.Some funding may be available for training programs meeting grant criteria.Training includes: computer technology workplace literacy technical training skills (welding, auto technician)

Provides free or low-cost legal resources to established or start-up businesses, in the form of consultations with attorneys and educational programs on small business legal topics.

Provides counseling from start-up to expansion and all other areas of business. Professional seminars and workshops are given regularly.

Provides counseling and support to those in the community interested in developing a small business, or already involved in a small business enterprise. Offers various workshops.

Provides counseling and support to those in the community interested in developing a small business, or already involved in a small business enterprise. Offers various workshops.

Provides assistance with loan applications and borrowers to individuals seeking to start or expand a small business. Also provides ongoing and technical support.

Works in partnership with the private sector and the community-based organizations to provide financial assistance and business planning primarily in rural areas. Helps fund projects or provides loan guarantees that create or preserve quality jobs and/or promote a clean rural environment. Recipients of these programs may include individuals, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, public bodies, nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes, and private companies.

Offers business development and management assistance for all stages of business ownership. Assistance includes: business plan preparation; marketing assistance; business counseling; strategic business planning; computer training; record-keeping training; tax seminars; and e-commerce workshops.

* Provides educational advocacy for students to develop an appropriate special education plan.
* Offers assistance with applications to individuals who are suspected of having a developmental disability with OPWDD eligibility process.
* Offers trainings to students, families of individuals with disabilities, educators, and/or service providers.
* Transition Services - assists students in creating plans for individualized transition services as they prepare for life after high school.

Self-paced online business courses, long-term 1:1 mentoring, and workshops.Meetings can take place at headquarters, various other locations, or virtually.

Offers residents of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens a unique Certified Financial Planner Program with a curriculum focused on developing 21st century financial planning skills. This intensive program prepares accountants, attorneys, bankers, insurance agents, brokers, security representatives and other professionals to better help their clients achieve their financial goals. In association with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., Hofstra University Continuing Education also offers this program to prepare individuals with the educational requirements to qualify for the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) exam. To qualify for the exam, students must successfully complete seven courses. Sample Course offerings include: Fundamentals of Financial Planning; Risk and Insurance Planning; Investment Planning; Income Tax Planning; Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning; Estate Planning and Certified Financial Planning Capstone Case Applications. Call for more detailed information.

Provides counseling from start-up to expansion and all other areas of business. Professional seminars and workshops are given regularly.

Provides counseling and support to those in the community interested in developing a small business, or already involved in a small business enterprise. Offers various workshops.

Works in partnership with the private sector and the community-based organizations to provide financial assistance and business planning primarily in rural areas. Helps fund projects or provides loan guarantees that create or preserve quality jobs and/or promote a clean rural environment. Recipients of these programs may include individuals, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, public bodies, nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes, and private companies.

An international small business incubator where vendors are offered a safe, nurturing, and affordable environment in which to grow their business.

Offers business consultation/counseling for small business owners seeking advice for their business concerns, whether it be just starting up or been in business for awhile. Also does on-site counseling at a clients office, store, etc.

Offers business plan development, business counseling, workshops, networking opportunities, referrals, and MWBE certification assistance. Also addresses business challenges of all entrepreneurs, including those of special groups, such as low-income women, displaced homemakers, native Spanish speakers, childcare providers, women over the age of 55.

Provides a variety of management and technical assistance services to small businesses and potential entrepreneurs. Includes assisting small businesses with financial, marketing, production, organization, engineering, technical problems and feasibility studies. Makes effort to reach minority members of socially and economically disadvantaged groups, veterans, women, and the disabled. Works cooperatively with the private sector, the educational community and Federal, State and local governments. See website for SBDC phone guide.

Offers workshops on a variety of business-related topics which impact start up or existing small business entrepreneurs.

Offers forms, records and filings for all aspects of Businesses in Suffolk County. Sample services offered include Business Certificates Amended Business Certificates, Partnerships, Sole Proprietorship, Approved LLC Publications, Corporations, Discontinuance of Business and more. Call for detailed information.

Offers The Veteran's Business Program; a service of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) which is a program designed to enable men and women who have served in the Armed Forces to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by owning and operating their own business. In addition to the comprehensive services offered by the SBDC, the Veteran's Business Program also offers mentorship and networking services designed for veteran business owners. Please give us a call if you would like to make an appointment to meet with one of our advisors.