Established on April 1st 2016, Chatham's Women's Business Center (CWBC) is funded in part by a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide services geared specifically to women and underserved populations, minority entrepreneurs and veterans throughout Western PA. CWBC offers aspiring and existing business owners free business counseling, training programs, technical support and mentoring focused on business planning and financing, access to capital, federal contracting, and business expansion through international markets and exporting. CWBC designs and implements programs and services that are geared specifically to women in underserved communities and the challenges they face in starting, growing, and succeeding in business. The programs are structured to meet the needs of regional communities, are offered with the assistance of local partnering organizations in those communities, and are provided at no or minimal cost to the participants within the 11 surrounding counties in Western PA.