Resources
Employment
The Beehive
The Entrepreneur Center. Has lots of information about starting your own business, with suggestions and editing by several of the big names in the field.
Alaska Job Center Network
Alaska Job Center Network. Location, e-mail and phone contact information for Job Centers in Alaska.
National Center on Workforce and Disability
Information on the workforce system and how to support people with disabilities returning or entering into the workforce.
Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Branch of state government responsible for rehabilitation and other services to people with disabilities who want to return to work. A One Stop Partner.
Ticket to Work
Maximus web page for Ticket to Work Program, information about the Ticket to Work, Work Incentive Improvement Act, distribution and availability of resources for people with disabilities and Employment Networks enrolled to support individuals efforts to return to work.
Social Security Online - The Work Site
Social Security page with information and links to other resources for people with disabilities who want to work and manage their disability benefits.
PASS Plan
Montana University Affiliated Rural Institute on Disabilities. Information and numerous examples of PASS Plans. Major contributor, Dave Hammis, an authority on PASS Plans.
Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC
Discussions on effects of Self-employment on Social Security Benefits. Click on “Social Security Considerations for Small Business Owners” for S.S.A. Regulations relating to self-employment. (Warning: it’s bureaucratese.)
Alaska Resources
WOMEN$fund
A program of the YWCA
324 E. Fifth Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99510
907-274-1535
Jennifer Abbott, Program Director
Alaska's only Women's Business Center designated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). For the small business owner, or for the enterprising person looking to start a small business, WOMEN$fund provides:
- Entrepreneurial training courses offered in the classroom and on-line
- Hands-on computer and internet training
- Micro-loans (up to $10,000) for women-owned businesses
- A business support network
- Marketing opportunities
- Consultations
UAA Center for Human Development
Self-employment and micro enterprise development training and technical assistance for persons with disabilities. Social Security (Disability) Benefits Analysis and Planning. Micro enterprise development capital start up funding for Mental Health Trust Beneficiaries.
Alaska Small Business Development Center
Small business development resources, seminars, and counseling.
Starting a Business
Covers the essentials in small business start-up, including information access, legal aspects, business insurance, bookkeeping, marketing and finance options. Meet and learn from community professionals who willingly share their knowledge in this first step toward business success.
Developing a Business Plan
Covers the basic steps involved in producing a good business plan, including researching business ideas, analyzing the profitability of small business, introduction to the necessary financial statements and consideration of loan requirements.
For the current seminar schedule go to http://www.aksbdc.org/seminars1.htm
Statewide, phone your Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for information on seminars and services.
Mat-su Borough SBDC, Anya Petersen-Frey, Director, 373-7232
Juneau, SBDC, Jackie Stewart, Director, 463-3789.
Ketchikan SBDC, Justin Carro, Director, 225-1388.
Kenai Peninsula SBDC, Mark Gregory, Director, 262-7497.
University of Alaska Fairbanks SBDC, Scott Swingle, Director, 456-7232.
Reference Books:
THE BUSINESS PLANNING GUIDE, by David Bangs Jr. Publisher, Dearborn. Available in local book stores.
NO MORE JOB INTERVIEWS, Self-employment Strategies for People with Disabilities, by Alice Weiss Doyel. Available from Training Resource Network. TRN, Inc or 1-866-823-9800 toll free.