PRIME-2020-01

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to invite proposals for funding from private, non- profit microenterprise development organizations; microenterprise development programs run by State/Local/Tribal Governments; or Indian tribes interested in providing assistance and guidance to disadvantaged microentrepreneurs and/or microenterprise development organizations for the purposes stated in this Announcement.

•A microenterprise development organization or program (or group or Collaborative thereof), such as a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution or similar entity, that has a demonstrated record of delivering microenterprise services to disadvantaged entrepreneurs; or • An Intermediary (as defined in Section 8.1) which has experience in delivering technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs; or • A microenterprise development organization or program (as defined in Section 8.1) that is accountable to a local community, working in conjunction with a State or local government or Indian Tribe. • An Indian tribe acting on its own, if it can certify that no private organization or program referred to above exists within its jurisdiction. *Microenterprise Development Organization or Program – a nonprofit entity, or a program administered by such an entity, including community development corporations or other nonprofit development organizations and social service organizations that provide services to disadvantaged microentrepreneurs.