| An Introduction To State Grants | | | | as eighty percent of your taxes, so it definitely pays to |
| Are you interested in applying for state grants? In this | | | | look into these types of opportunities at the state level. |
| article we will go over what they are and how they | | | | There are also grants available for employee training in |
| can help you. | | | | job safety and health and basic literacy skills. |
| No matter where you live, each state offers a | | | | If you live in Connecticut, according to the state's office |
| selection of grants to people living in the state. At the | | | | of Policy and Management you may be eligible for a |
| state level is where you will likely find grants for | | | | grant for $10,000 if you are an individual or company |
| attending school. This might be a pre-start-up cost for | | | | with less than 30 employees that has created a |
| you if you require some training before you begin your | | | | renewable energy technology that has not yet been |
| new business, so this is an indirect advantage of grant | | | | sold. You can use the money for such purposes as |
| money available at the state level. Although many of | | | | product development and testing, developing your |
| these programs are focused on providing state grants | | | | business plan or meeting your payroll, among others. |
| for low and middle-income students to attend college, | | | | This is just a small selection of what type of business |
| there are some grants available for businesses. | | | | assistance is available at the state level, but it gives |
| For example, did you know that on the Governor of | | | | you a jumping off point of some of the places in your |
| Texas's website they list procurement opportunities? If | | | | state where grant money might be available. It also is |
| your business sells furniture, or if your business | | | | wise to remember that, in terms of state grants, many |
| provides services such as computer programming and | | | | foundations and non-profit organizations give grants to |
| service, maintenance and repair, moving services, or | | | | people living in a particular state, but mostly those |
| temporary personnel, then your business might be | | | | people have to be a non-profit organization or affiliated |
| eligible to "procure" the contracts and you would make | | | | with one and not an individual in order to qualify. |
| the money for them. This is not a grant per se, but it | | | | State grants are a great source of getting funding |
| does offer the opportunity for a business to get | | | | from your business but they only account for some of |
| money that does not have to be paid back. | | | | the available sources of grants. |
| If you are in New York, the state's Governor's Office | | | | Enjoy, |
| of Regulatory Reform site offers tax credits for | | | | Bob Boney |
| businesses that operate and are certified in the Empire | | | | Riverside TX. 77367 |
| Zone. This will save your business money, and make it | | | | You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter on |
| easier for you to stay in business and put your money | | | | your web site as long as the byline is included and the |
| toward expanding the business rather than paying | | | | article is included in its entirety. I also ask that you |
| taxes. New York also offers low-rate loans for | | | | activate any html links found in the article and in the |
| existing small business expansion. | | | | byline. Please send a courtesy link or email where you |
| If you want to relocate a business to New Jersey, the | | | | publish to: Copyright (c) 2007 Great Tips On - All rights |
| state offers a grant in the form of tax credits to | | | | reserved. |
| offset your business taxes. The grant can be as high | | | | |