Business Counseling

Small Business Hotline and Rapid Response Website

You can now call 833-ASK-SBDC (833.275.7232) to reach the Northern California Small Business Development Center’s hotline for SBDC support and business financial urgent care. Partners are welcome and encouraged to share this resource with their clients. There are two email addresses as well that are being served by the hotline as well.

Email loans@asksbdc.com for assistance with available loans.

Email espanol@asksbdc.com para asistencia en español.

Free Business Counseling

For one-on-one advising in Alameda County:
east bay sbdc
Contact: Margaret Jackson, Program Director
Phone: 510.742.2329
Email: ACSBDC@ohlone.edu

If your business is facing closure or layoffs: Rapid Response via Economic Development Department of California. Rapid Response teams will meet with you to discuss your needs, help avert potential layoffs, and provide immediate on-site services to assist workers facing job losses.

You can contact your local America’s Job Center of California for more information about available Rapid Response services or contact your local Small Business Development Center.
The Alameda County Workforce Development Board is one such local entity which can help employers with the Rapid Response program:

Contact: Javier Contreras, Rapid Response Coordinator
Phone: (510) 259-3831
Email: javier.contreras@acgov.org

Contact: Samantha Miller, Program Financial Specialist
Phone: 510-259-3832; cell 510-915-7186
Email: samiller@acgov.org