Start Your Own Business
- Abilities Fund
- Business Enterprise Program for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities (BEP) in Illinois
- Business Enterprises owned by People with Disabilities (BEPD). Certify with the City of Chicago
- Disabled-Owned Business Resources (City of Chicago)
- Duman Microenterprise Center and Loan Fund
- Entrepreneurship Article (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
- Illinois Assistive Technology Program (some loans available)
- Illinois Entrepreneurship Centers
- Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education
- IRS Small Business Tax Guide
- Ready for Business Guide: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
- Self Employment Resource Network (SERN)
Contact Marsie Frawley at 312-223-9600 x17 or mfrawley@hdadvocates.org - Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Chicagoland locations or download shorter list of SBDCs with enhanced accessibility
- Small Business Self-Employment Service
- Start-Up USA
- TechConnect Low Interest Loan Program
- University of Illinois Extension Offices



