The 8(a) Program is in a state of uncertainty as the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) requires participants who relied on the presumption of social disadvantage to enter the program to obtain ...

A U.S. Department of Agriculture report found “socially disadvantaged producers,” especially Black farmers, operate at a higher risk level compared to their white counterparts and are less likely to ...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications to provide technical assistance to ...

All pending SBA 8(a) program applications are currently suspended due to an injunction issued by a federal district court in Tennessee. Individually owned 8(a) companies that have not already done so ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $8.4 million in grants that will be used by organizations in 24 states to provide training, outreach and technical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: Getty Images) EXCLUSIVE: In a letter first obtained by theGrio, the nation’s four U.S. Black Senators demand answers from ...

NEW YORK — State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball recently announced that the Department of Agriculture and Markets is now accepting proposals for program administrators for Round 2 of the ...

A new study reveals that seniors who lived in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout their lives show significantly higher rates of vascular brain injury, damage that researchers say ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown expressed outrage Thursday over the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to stop considering race and gender in many of its loan, grant and ...

High workloads, time constraints, misalignment of financial incentives and individuals’ health literacy are among the chief roadblocks for hospitals’ delivery of high-quality care to socially ...

The Agriculture Department will no longer recognize groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and women as “socially disadvantaged” and deserving of increased benefits. In a final ...