Partnerships

U.S. Small Business Administration
            NBDC’s original partner, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has partially funded the NBDC small business management and technical assistance program since 1977.  NBDC is one of 63 small business development centers (SBDC) in the United States and its territories.  SBA also partially funds the NBDC Small Business Energy program and the NBDC Veterans Assistance and Service Program.
Nebraska Department of Economic Development
            The Nebraska Department of Economic Development provides subcontract funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, for the NBDC Manufacturing Extension Partnership program.
Environmental Protection Agency
            The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides funding to NBDC for its Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center, which provides the latest information in sustainability to organizations and their service providers throughout EPA Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska).

The Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) is a department of the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Business Administration. NBDC serves the Nebraska business community with support from these federal programs:

• The Small Business Development Center program, funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration
• The Procurement Technical Assistance Center program
• The Manufacturing Extension Partnership, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
• The Pollution Prevention Regional Information Center funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

NBDC partners in Nebraska include:

• University of Nebraska Rural Initiative partially funds the procurement technical assistant consultant posiition at Kearney center.
• University of Nebraska–Kearney partially funds the small business assistance program in Kearney.
• Wayne State College partially funds the small business assistance program in Wayne.
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln partially funds the small business assistance program at its Office of Technology Development in Lincoln.
• Chadron State College partially funds the small business assistance program in Chadron