Our Mission

The NLBWA in partnership with the NWPC Presents First Speaker Series featuring Dr. Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez, President of Girls, Inc.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Mount St. Mary’s College

10 Chester Place, Los Angeles, CA 90007

Please join the NLBWA & the NWPC- LA Metro Caucus at their Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez, president of the nonprofit organization Girls, Inc., and Wendy Greuel, Controller of Los Angeles. This will be the first of many speaker series themed “Women Empowering Women”, featuring women leaders in the community.

If you wish to attend this event, please click here to register. For more information, please contact NWPC LA Metro at nwpclametro@gmail.com.

Stimulus money can put jobless back to work
by Helen McCoy/Sentinel

The state needs employees and employers.
When the federal stimulus package was approved last year, money was set aside
to help put Georgians back to work.
Now, employers and employees alike can benefit from the Georgia Department of
Human Services’ (DHS) subsidized employment program, which has a goal of
putting 5,000 Georgians back to work and boosting the economy.

The concept is simple: The state is looking for 5,000 employers to hire a worker
using funds from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
What’s in it for the employers? They will receive an 80 percent wage subsidy
from the state for hiring workers under the program.
In other words, if a business hires a worker at $10 an hour, the state will pay $8 of
it, and the company just $2.

This week, the Florida-based office-supplies chain announced a partnership with Superior Financial Group, a The aisles of Office Depot have long kept small businesses stocked with stationary, staplers, file folders and other supplies. Now they can pick up another necessity: Cash.

Walnut Creek, Calif. lender, to provide Small Business Administration loans to qualified borrowers of up to $25,000.

According to the online application, there is no fee to apply and approved borrowers receive a 10% discount off the loan origination fee. The loans can be repaid over a period of eight years, keeping monthly installments low, with no penalty for early repayment.