Employee data for jobs created or retained as a direct result of CDBG-funded services MUST be entered into SmallBusinessCentral. You add an employee after you add a client service.
Click the Add Employee button.
Select the applicable Client Service, Grant, or Loan.
Enter the Employee Job Information.
Enter the Employee Demographic Information.
Click Save button.
SmallBusinessCentral tracks services funded by Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) programs. CDBG-funded programs are required to benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) San Franciscans. There are three ways CDBG-funded projects can meet this requirement:
Support a business located in a low- and moderate-income neighborhood.
Support a microenterprise owned (or that are being developed) by a low- and moderate-income small business owner. A microenterprise is a business with 5 or fewer employees, including the owner.
Support a business with services that will directly create or retain jobs primarily for low- and moderate-income persons.
Your agency's compliance with the low- and moderate-income benefit requirement is established during the setup of your CDBG-funded project before the fiscal year, in coordination with your program manager. This determination is subsequently recorded in SmallBusinessCentral. When entering client services, the low- and moderate-income benefit type data field will be populated with the project's benefit requirement.
There Can Be Only One!
A CDBG-funded project can only have one low- and moderate- income benefit type. For example, if your project is required to support a business located in a low- and moderate-income area, your project cannot meet the requirement by assisting a micorenterpise or by supporting a business with services that creates or retain jobs.
To meet the CDBG low- and moderate-income requirement using low- and moderate-income job creation or retention, you must support a business with services that directly result in job creation or retention for low- and moderate-income persons. At least 51% of the jobs created or retained as a result of the service must be for extremely low-, low- or moderate -income persons. The table below shows income categories by family size
Employee Data: Employee data for jobs created or retained MUST be entered into SmallBusinessCentral after a client service has been added. You add an employee in SmallBusinessCentral after you add a client service.
Income Certification: To meet the CDBG low- and moderate-income requirement with job creation or retention, you MUST income certify the employee whose jobs were created or retained as a direct result of the service. To income certify the employee, use the Employee Income Certification Form. You can find the form in the Appendix. After completing the income certification form, keep it with the client records.
A microenterprise is a business with 5 or fewer employees, including the owner. To meet the CDBG the low- and moderate-income microenterprise development requirement, the microenterprise must be owned (or is being developed by) an extremely low-, low-, or moderate-income person. A business owner that is above moderate income is not eligible for CDBG-funded services. Use the table below to determine the income level of the business owner or entrepreneur.
Income Certification: To meet the CDBG low- and moderate-income requirement by assisting a microenterprise client, you MUST also income certify the client. To income certify a microenterprise client, use the Microenterprise Income Certification Form. You can find the form in the Appendix. After completing the form, keep it with the client records. You do not need to upload it to SmallBusinessCentral.
To meet the CDBG low- and moderate-income requirement with the low- and moderate-income area benefit, businesses that you assist must be located in a low- and moderate-income neighborhood that has been designated as part of a CDBG-funded project's service area. A project's service area is determined in collaboration with your OEWD program manager.
The table below lists the 5 agencies and corresponding low- and moderate- income service areas for the 7 CDBG-funded projects that must comply with the low and moderate-income area benefit.
| Agency | Project(s) | Service Area |
|---|---|---|
North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit Corporation
Tenderloin Marketing
Tenderloin Business Retention and Outreach
Portola Neighborhood Association
Portola Neighborhood Small Business Support
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
Small Business Support Bayview Hunters Point
Small Business Support Bayview Third Street and Lower Fillmore
San Francisco Small Business Development Center
San Francisco Small Business Support and Development
