Veteran Business Loans and Assistance

SBA Patriot Express Loan Program

Patriot Express is available to military community members including veterans, service-disabled veterans, active-duty service members participating in the military’s Transition Assistance Program, Reservists and National Guard members, current spouses of any of the above, and the widowed spouse of a service member or veteran who died during service, or of a service-connected disability.

• SBA Patriot Express Loan Program

The Arkansas SBDC provides free assistance, on an appointment basis, to veterans applying for SBA Patriot Express Loans. Contact your local Arkansas SBDC office for details.

Arkansas National Guard Business Mobilization Planning Guide

The Arkansas Small Business Development Center in conjunction with the Office of the Adjutant General for the Arkansas National Guard and the Veteran Affairs Officer of the SBDC created the Arkansas National Guard Business Mobilization Planning Guide.

This guide was prepared for business owners and self-employed members of the Arkansas National Guard to better prepare them before an actual alert and mobilization.

The guide will help business owners who are notified for deployment face many added concerns such as:

Who will operate my business while I am away?
Who will take care of bookkeeping and tax issues?
How will suppliers be paid?
How will I service business loans or other debt incurred by the business?

• Arkansas National Guard Business Mobilization Planning Guide (PDF)

The Arkansas SBDC provides free confidential business counseling, on an appointment basis, to deploying service members. Contact your local Arkansas SBDC office to make an appointment.

The Arkansas Small Business Development Center is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration through a partnership with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business and other institutions of higher education. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. It is the goal of UALR to eliminate discriminatory harassment and to promote equal opportunity regardless of race, gender, color, national origin, sexual orientation, age, religion, veteran’s status, or disability.