HISPANIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS 1 -2002

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Hispanic Business Consultants Corporate Training & Entrepreneurial Seminars For the 21-hr. CTNE course, a pre-screening process to select the participants of the course will be established to make sure that the majority of attendees will actually complete the course and their project of creating a business or feasibility plan. The following facts will be taken into consideration: Prospects to participate in the course will fill out an application form, providing general information on the kind of business they would like to start- up, if they have previous experience as business owners or at least basic knowledge of the type of business chosen, their intended source of funds to start up the business, as well as why they feel we should consider them to receive a scholarship, etc. A pre-screening form to evaluate the applicants will be completed by the administrator of the program, grading the answers from each applicant. Next, an interview by phone to gather additional information will be conducted, including questions such as their employment status (i.e., currently employed, unemployed or dislocated worker, business owner, part- time worker, etc.) After the interviews by phone, scholarships to attend the course will be awarded to the people who, according to our rating criteria, are the most suitable to attend and complete the course and their projects. A notification by mail will be sent, along with a map of the site for the course and directions. All the attendees on each core seminar and CTNE course will receive a document of participation. Phone interviews to verify the progress of each participant will be initiated. The results will be logged in to the tracking system. A survey by mail will follow for both the core seminar attendees and the course graduates upon completion of their program. All the original forms and records will be filed and available for reviewing by the Santa Aha W/O/R/K Center when necessary. Additionally, HBC will document the number of jobs created and jobs retained, the increases in sales and profits, and the awarding of financing. The frequency of reporting work progress on the results of the seminars will be at a 90 and 180-day follow-up. The information will be recorded by HBC and shared with the Santa Ana W/O/R/K Center. Furthermore, and in order to increase the effectiveness of this program, HBC is pursuing funds to hire a Case Advocate to help these potential entrepreneurs deal with filing government paperwork and to walk them through the process of lll~~~ispanic Business Consultants (800) 642-1422 6 ::