American Indian Chamber Edutation Fund Procurment Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
The American Indian Chamber Education Fund PTAC is affiliated with the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California and is operated through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency.
We provide FREE Assistance for American Indian and Alaskan Indian-Owned Businesses.
Our program provides intensive, one-on-one assistance to American Indian/Alaskan Native owned businesses, and tribal enterprises wishing to participate in the government marketplace. Service area includes 122 Indian reservations in Pacific and Western Bureau of Indian Affairs Regions located in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.
Corporate Headquarters:
555 West Fifth St.
31st Floor
Los Angeles, CA
90013
(213) 440 - 3232
(213) 341 - 0104
(480) 699 - 9529
ptacinfo@aicccal.org
Arizona Department of Administration
The Arizona Department of Administration serves as a State Data Center that provides local business communities with education and access to Census Bureau data and products such as Population Estimates and Projections, Income, Poverty, and Employment, and Gross Domestic Product in addition to other economic data and statistical resources.
Contact information:
Office of Employment and Population Statistics
100 N. 15th Avenue, Room 440
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Mr. Allen Barnes
allen.barnes@azdoa.gov
(602) 771-1155
FAX (602) 771-1207
Arizona Native American Business Enterprise Center (AZNABEC)
The AZNABEC provides business development services for clients to assist in the creation, expansion and preservation of Native American-owned businesses. Our management consulting team will carefully analyze a client’s reason for starting a business. We meet one-on-one with individuals and collaborate together to create a business plan, marketing plan, and research funding resources to secure financing. AZNABEC also provides assistance to established businesses with marketing, bid matching opportunities, procurement certifications and to secure bonding or financing.
Our strong working relationships with American Indian businesses have enabled Native people to succeed on their path to business ownership, create a strong economy and jobs in Indian Country.
Services provided:
Tailored Bid Matching Opportunity
Construction Publication Review
Construction Plans/Specs Review
Technical Assistance:
Business Plans
Financial Analysis
Tribal Certifications
Other MBE/DBE Certifications
Marketing Research
Management Counseling
SBA's 8(a), SDB and HubZone Certification
SBA's CCR/Pro-Net Listing
Location:
953 E. Juanita Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85204
Phone: (480) 545-1298 ext 222 or ext 245
Fax: (480) 545-4208
Contact Mary Dolezal, Tina June or Peter Schwartz
Arizona Rural Policy Institute at Northern Arizona University
The Arizona Rural Policy Institute serves as a State Data Center that provides local business communities with education and access to Census Bureau data and products such as Population Estimates and Projections, Income, Poverty, and Employment, and Gross Domestic Product in addition to other economic data and statistical resources.
Contact information:
Northern Arizona University
Arizona Rural Policy Institute
PO Box 15066
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5066
Mr. Thomas Combrink
thomas.combrink@nau.edu
(928) 523-7313
fax (928) 523-7331
Arizona State Trademark Information
To register a trademark and/or service mark at the state level, you must file an application with the trademark office of the specific state in which protection is sought.
To learn about your state registration requirements, visit the link below for contact information for your location.
Clean Water Revolving Fund - Arizona
Clean Water Revolving Fund
Eligible Borrowers: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#EB-CW
Eligible Projects/Expenditures: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#EE-CW
Ineligible Projects/Expenditures: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#IE-CW
How to Apply for CWRF Funding: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#HA-CW
Obtain Debt Authorization: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#DA-CW
Complete a Project Finance Application: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#PFA-CW
Eligible Borrowers
Public jurisdictions (cities, towns, special districts, county improvement districts, sanitary districts and Indian Tribes)
Note: Federally-owned systems are not eligible. State-owned and county-owned systems are typically not eligible.
Eligible Projects/Expenditures
Construction, expansion, upgrade of wastewater treatment plants
Interceptors, collectors and lift stations
Upgrade or replacement of failing decentralized wastewater systems
Septic to sewer
Recharge facilities; water reclamation and reuse
Stormwater management - both pipes and green stormwater infrastructure, for permitted MS4s and unregulated MS4s.
Nonpoint source - a water quality improvement project as described in section 319 of the Clean Water Act. Nonpoint source pollution is polluted runoff that is not regulated by an AZPDES permit and comes from sources such as agriculture, forestry, grazing, septic systems, recreational boating, urban runoff, construction, physical changes to stream channels and habitat degradation.
Land acquisition - land must be integral to the treatment process, such as infiltration basins or right of ways for stormwater BMPs.
Ineligible Projects/Expenditures
Land for structures
Laboratory fees for monitoring
Operation and maintenance costs
Privately-owned wastewater treatment systems
How to Apply for CWRF Funding
Apply to Project Priority List
Eligible borrowers can submit an application to WIFA for inclusion on the Project Priority List (PPL) at any time. Applications are added to the PPL at the next WIFA Board of Directors meeting. Please use the Applicant Login link on the left side of this screen to complete and submit an application. Once submitted, a project manager and loan officer will be assigned to help guide you through the rest of the application and financing process. (View map of county/project managers: http://www.azwifa.gov/download.aspx?path=downloads/&file=tech_team_count...)
WIFA offers its borrowers below-market interest rates. Projects on the PPL are scored to determine the project's financial subsidy (used to calculate reduced combined interest and fee rate). The scoring is based on:
proposed project's water quality benefits;
current condition of facilities;
proposed water quality improvements, particularly those addressing compliance issues;
water and energy efficiency (green) factors;
local fiscal capacity which includes median household income, average monthly residential fee and system indebtedness;
prior planning and design grant or design loan from WIFA for the proposed project.
The PPL serves as a guide for funding decisions by the WIFA Board of Directors and does not determine the order in which projects are funded.
Obtain Debt Authorization
Once the project is placed on the Project Priority List, the next step is to obtain debt authorization. The requirements for debt authorization depend on the system size:
For systems with a population of
For systems with a population of >50,000: obtain approval by bond election.
Sanitary districts have special requirements; please contact WIFA at 602-364-1310 for more information.
For more information on debt authorization, please refer to the WIFA guidance document: http://www.azwifa.gov/download.aspx?path=downloads/&file=guidance_debt_a...
Complete a Project Finance Application
After debt authorization for a project is obtained, WIFA will work with applicants to complete a Project Finance Application (PFA), which asks for further information about the project, the system and the borrower. After the PFA is submitted, WIFA staff complete an analysis of the application and present the project to the Board for approval. Board meetings are typically held every other month. Click here for WIFA's calendar of Board meetings: http://www.azwifa.gov/?pageid=public_meeting
WIFA Loan Application Process: http://www.azwifa.gov/download.aspx?path=downloads/&file=loan_applicatio...
Note:
WIFA funding originates from the federal government under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act and requires compliance with federal Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wages. Further details on the Davis-Bacon Act and other requirements are available on our Contract Packet web page: http://www.azwifa.gov/?pageid=contract_packet
Determine Your State and Local Business Tax Obligations in Arizona
In addition to business taxes required by the federal government, you will have to pay some state and local taxes. Each state and locality has its own tax laws. Having knowledge of your state tax requirement can help you avoid problems and your business save money. The most common types of tax requirements for small business are income taxes and employment taxes.
Drinking Water Revolving Fund - Arizona
Eligible Borrowers: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#EB-DW
Eligible Projects/Expenditures: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#EE-DW
Ineligible Projects/Expenditures: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#IE-DW
How to Apply for DWRF Funding: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#HA-DW
Obtain Debt Authorization: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#DA-DW
Complete a Project Finance Application: http://www.azwifa.gov/loan-programs/#PFA-DW
Eligible Borrowers
Publicly-owned community water systems (cities, towns, special districts)
Privately-owned community water systems that are regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC). Click here for a list of ACC-regulated utilities - http://www.azcc.gov/divisions/utilities/UTILITYLIST.asp
Non profit non-community water systems that are regulated by the ACC that meet all other WIFA financial assistance requirements.
A community water system is defined as a water system that serves at least 25 people or 15 service connections year round. This classification is determined by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
Note: Federally-owned systems are not eligible. State-owned and county-owned systems are typically not eligible.
Eligible Projects/Expenditures
Treatment - for example, installation or upgrade of facilities to improve the quality of drinking water to comply with standards.
Transmission and distribution - for example, installation or replacement of transmission and distribution pipes to improve water pressure to safe levels or to prevent contamination caused by leaks or breaks in pipes. This category also includes meters.
Source - for example, rehabilitation of wells and development of eligible sources to replace contaminated sources.
Storage - for example, installation or upgrade of eligible storage facilities, including finished water reservoirs, to prevent microbiological contaminants from entering a public water system.
Consolidation - projects needed to consolidate water supplies where, for example, a supply has become contaminated or a system is unable to maintain compliance for technical, financial or managerial reasons (may include water rights, if the water rights are owned by a system that is being purchased through consolidation).
Creation of new systems - projects that, upon completion, will create a community water system to address existing public health problems.
Land acquisition - only if it is integral to a project that is needed to meet or maintain compliance and further public health protection (i.e., needed to locate eligible treatment or distribution projects, or to protect source water).
Refinancing debt obligations of publicly-owned systems.
Ineligible Projects/Expenditures
Projects primarily intended to serve future growth (projects that accommodate a reasonable amount of population growth expected to occur over the useful life of the facility are eligible)
Projects needed mainly for fire protection
Laboratory fees for monitoring
Operation and maintenance costs
Refinancing debt obligations of privately-owned systems
Water rights, except if the water rights are owned by a system that is being purchased through consolidation
Projects for systems that lack adequate technical, managerial and financial capability unless funding will ensure compliance
Projects for systems in significant non compliance unless funding will ensure compliance
Dams or rehabilitation of dams
Reservoirs, except for finished water reservoirs and those reservoirs that are part of the treatment process and are located on the property where the treatment facility is located
How to Apply for DWRF Funding
Apply to Project Priority List
Eligible borrowers can submit an application to WIFA for inclusion on the Project Priority List (PPL) at any time. Applications are added to the PPL at the next WIFA Board of Directors meeting. Please use the Applicant Login link on the left side of this screen to complete and submit an application. Once submitted, a project manager and loan officer will be assigned to help guide you through the rest of the application and financing process. (View map of county/project managers: http://www.azwifa.gov/download.aspx?path=downloads/&file=tech_team_count...)
WIFA offers its borrowers below-market interest rates. Projects on the PPL are scored to determine the project's financial subsidy (used to calculate reduced combined interest and fee rate). The scoring is based on:
proposed project's public health benefits;
current condition of facilities;
proposed water system improvements, particularly those addressing compliance issues;
consolidation and regionalization;
water and energy efficiency (green) factors;
local fiscal capacity which includes median household income, average monthly residential fee, system indebtedness; and
prior planning and design grant or design loan from WIFA for the proposed project.
The PPL serves as a guide for funding decisions by the WIFA Board of Directors and does not determine the order in which projects are funded.
Obtain Debt Authorization
Once the project is placed on the PPL, the next step is to obtain debt authorization. The requirements for debt authorization depend on the system ownership:
For private, ACC-regulated drinking water systems: obtain approval of a financing application from ACC.
For publicly-owned water systems with a population of
For publicly-owned water systems with a population of >50,000: obtain approval by bond election.
For more information on debt authorization, please refer to the WIFA guidance document: http://www.azwifa.gov/download.aspx?path=downloads/&file=guidance_debt_a...
Complete a Project Finance Application
After debt authorization for a project is obtained, WIFA will work with applicants to complete a Project Finance Application (PFA), which asks for further information about the project, the system and the borrower. After the PFA is submitted, WIFA staff complete an analysis of the application and present the project to the Board for approval. Board meetings are typically held every other month. Click here (http://www.azwifa.gov/?pageid=public_meeting) for WIFA's calendar of Board meetings.
WIFA Loan Application Process: http://www.azwifa.gov/download.aspx?path=downloads/&file=loan_applicatio...
Note:
WIFA funding originates from the federal government under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act and requires compliance with federal Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wages. Further details on the Davis-Bacon Act and other requirements are available on our Contract Packet web page: http://www.azwifa.gov/?pageid=contract_packet
Economic & Business Research Program at the University of Arizona
The Arizona Economic & Business Research Program serves as a State Data Center that provides education and access to Census Bureau data and products as well as other statistical resources to millions of data users at the local level. Population estimates and projections, income, poverty, and employment data in addition to other economic data and statistical resources are available.
Contact information:
Eller College of Management
PO Box 210108
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0108
Ms. Valorie Rice
vrice@eller.arizona.edu
(520) 621-2109
FAX (520) 621-2150
L. William Seidman Research Institute at Arizona State University Library
The Arizona State Library serves as a State Data Center that provides local business communities with education and access to Census Bureau data and products such as Population Estimates and Projections, Income, Poverty, and Employment, and Gross Domestic Product in addition to other economic data and statistical resources.
Contact Information:
W.P. Carey School of Business
PO Box 87401
Tempe, AZ 85287-4011
Mr. Tom Rex
tom.rex@asu.edu
(480) 965-3961
FAX (480) 965-5458
Phoenix Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center
The Phoenix MBDA Business Center provides services to assist eligible minority business enterprise (MBE) clients achieve higher levels of growth and competitiveness. Over the past 40 years, MBDA has been charged with the growth and expansion of MBEs based in the United States. As a result of this charge MBDA has assisted MBEs in obtaining over 4 billion dollars in revenues and financing in FY2010 alone.
Businesses owned or controlled by the following persons or groups of persons are eligible to obtain services from this center: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, Native Americans (including Alaska Natives, Alaska Native Corporations and Tribal entities), Asian Indian Americans and Hasidic Jewish Americans. Services include, but are not limited to, the financing, bonding, certification, market entry, and the development of business partnerships.
While this center serves all MBEs affililliated with the aforemenetioned ethnic groups, it specifically targets clients with annual revenues of over $1,000,000 or participants in a high-growth industry (e.g., green technology, clean energy, health care, infrastructure and broadband technology, etc.). Contact information for this center can be found via the following Web link: http://www.mbda.gov/main/offices. To obtain additional information on the Minority Business Development Agency, please visit: www.mbda.gov.
Location:
225 East Osborn Road, Suite 202
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Telephone #: 602-294-6091
Program Director: Alika Kumar