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Release Date: October 22, 2020 Contact: jawanda.jones@sba.gov

Release Number: 20-1022 Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs & Instagram

SBA and ¡HICA! enter a Strategic Agreement

Birmingham, AL– On Wednesday, October 21, The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) held a virtual signing event for a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) with the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (¡HICA!). Since 2013 ¡HICA! has helped Latino small business owners start and grow their business, and they have also provided technical support for those businesses. As the only organization in Alabama providing this type of support to the Latino community, this partnership with SBA will provide an opportunity to expand their reach.

The purpose of this strategic alliance is to develop and foster mutual understanding and a working relationship between ¡HICA! and the SBA to strengthen and expand small business development. The SAM was signed by SBA District Director Thomas Todt and the Executive Director, Isabel Rubio. Todt said of the agreement, “We look forward to going forward and doing some good things with and for your (¡HICA!) constituency to our mutual benefit.”

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For more information, please contact Jawanda.Jones@sba.gov with the SBA Alabama District Office, at Jawanda.Jones@sba.gov or (205) 290-7643.

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