anyone familiar w certification of women-owned business?

[schirallicpa]

Is there a certification process to be a woman owned business?  State level or fed level?  I have client hoping to gain govt contract by becoming "certified" but I don't know anything about it.  

And like everyone else on this forum - I HAVE NO TIME FOR THIS RIGHT NOW............................really?

[jklcpa]

I don't know much about it, I think it is a program through the SBA for woman-owed businesses in certain industries.

I found only a couple of helpful pages at the SBA site that might lead you in the right direction:

https://www.sba.gov/contracting/government-contracting-programs/women-owned-small-businesses/what-you-need-know-if-you-are-women-owned-small-business

https://www.sba.gov/contracting/government-contracting-programs/women-owned-small-businesses

Also, this organization has information but requires the user to set up a user name and password. It's the National Association of Women Business Owners. Be careful if passing along this organization's name to your client because my googling brought up a malicious site that sounded familiar in name. This link below is safe and goes to the real site that also has information on it. Again, I didn't see the info because I didn't set up user access:

https://www.nawbo.org/resources/business/government-contracting

and the organization's home page: https://www.nawbo.org/

 

Some of the things we are asked....  right?

[Yardley CPA]

I'm not familiar with it but here is some information on it:

http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/05/women-owned-business-certification.html

 

[JMovichEA]

You might try contacting these people. http://azmo.org/

[schirallicpa]

thank you!!

 

[joanmcq]

I tell them, "Google is your friend"

[mcb39]

I had a client this year who began a small business of Zumba classes.  She wanted to know where her Women in Business credit was.