Services For Refugees

If owning your own business has always been your dream, then let us help you make your dream come true! Our project is funded by the State of Wisconsin-Department of Refugee Services to provide free business counseling and assistance to refugees seeking to start their own business or improve an existing business. A refugee is an individual who is legally admitted into the United States because of persecution in their homeland. The mission of our Business Center is to help refugees start, expand or stabilize refugee owned businesses in the Wisconsin Counties listed below.

Whether you serious about starting a new business or improving your existing business or just want to explore your new idea, we can help you. The service is free of charge. We directly serve or provide referrals to our partner Agencies for refugees residing in the following counties in West-Central Wisconsin.

Buffalo Trempealeau Jackson
La Crosse Eau Claire Dunn
Chippewa Barron St. Croix

Refugees seeking to become entrepreneurs can expect one-on-one assistance in the following areas...

Determining business feasibility through research
Writing a complete business plan
Locating funding sources
Help to complete loan applications
Ongoing support after the business is up and running

Refugee Links

www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/

Office of Refugee Resettlement

www.refugees.org U.S. Committee on Refugees
www.rcusa.org/ The Refugee Council USA
www.hrw.org Human Rights Watch
www.unhcr.ch UN High Commission on Refugees
www.cal.org/co/ The Cultural Orientation Resource Center
www.womensrefugeecommission.org/ Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
www.humanrightsfirst.org Human Rights First

Partner Agencies

Our partner agencies listed below provide similar services to Refugees in other areas of the state :
Agency Contact Person
ADVOCAP Bob Jump
SDC Sam Ly

To find out if you are eligible for refugee business assistance please contact us at 1-715-836-7511 ext 171 or visit the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) eligibility web site.
  EAU CLAIRE 418 Wisconsin Street P.O. Box 540 Eau Claire, WI 54702-0540  
715.836.7511
INDEPENDENCE 23122 Whitehall Road PO Box 125 Independence, WI 54747
715.985.2391
800.782.1063