Create Jobs and Economic Growth in Rural America

U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture Strengthen Partnership to Create Jobs and Economic Growth in Rural America

 Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced today that the SBA is strengthening its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create jobs and expand access to new and better market opportunities for people in rural America. 

 
“Rural small businesses strengthen local economies – creating jobs and serving communities,” said Administrator Guzman. “The SBA’s partnership with USDA will build upon the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to investing in underserved rural Americans and providing the needed resources to help them start and grow their businesses to advance our economy and global competitiveness. 
 
Through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed today, the SBA and USDA are committing to increase investments in small and underserved communities to help grow the rural economy and create good-paying jobs for people nationwide.