Booneville/Owsley County Industrial Authority Business Assistance   Kentucky Manufacturing Assistance Center The Kentucky Manufacturing Assistance Center helps small and medium-sized manufacturers (less than 500 employees at a facility) to be more competitive by helping them advance their technical capabilities, production methods, and business practices. KMAC is a private, not-for-profit corporation that has strategic alliances with the nationwide National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development.   Morehead Small Business Development Center The Morehead Small Business Development Center provides a wide variety of professional consulting and training services to small business owners and prospective small business owners. In a typical year, the Morehead SBDC staff provides assistance to several hundred individuals through free, confidential consulting, classroom seminars, and telephone consulting. Visit the Morehead SDBC website for a complete and current seminar schedule..   Bluegrass State Skills Corporation The BSSC provides grants for customized skills training of workers for new, expanding, and existing businesses and industries in Kentucky. Matching grants are awarded for portions of an employer’s eligible costs for training Kentucky residents in job skills ranging from entry level to advanced, including retraining, occupational upgrading, and skills upgrading of existing employees. The BSSC works with other employment and job training resources, and financial incentive agencies to design a training program customized to meet the specific needs of a company. Approved training can be provided by an educational institution, training consultants, or by the company’s own trainers. BSSC funds can be used for curriculum development, instructor fees, instructional materials, and the purchase of training equipment (under capacity building programs).   PERMITS AND LICENSING The State of Kentucky offers a Business Information Clearinghouse to help in determining licensing needs for both state and federal requirements. Through the One-Stop Business Licensing Program, Kentucky offers complete licensing information for opening a business in Kentucky and, in many instances, can provide the actual applications and forms needed.   Advanced Management Assistance Program (AMAP) AMAP is designed to help entrepreneurs develop markets outside the economically distressed areas of Appalachian Kentucky. The program is for small and medium-sized, privately owned entrepreneurial enterprises desiring business growth. They must be located in economically distressed Appalachian Regional Commission counties. They provide assistance in areas such as business plans, market analysis and marketing, plant design and product development, plan successful financial strategies, human relations and negotiations, management training, cost analysis, long-term assistance and planning, and business retention. Contact the Kentucky Appalachian Commission at 606-435-6129 for more information.   For more information on doing business in Kentucky, download the Kentucky Business Guide.   Visit the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development website for more information on business assistance provided by Kentucky.   For more information contact: Susan Wilder · Executive Director Booneville/Owsley County Industrial Authority P.O. Box 637 · Booneville, KY 41314 Phone: 606-593-7296 · Fax: 606-593-7781 Email: swilder@owsleycountykentucky.org