Participants enter into a five-year partnership with the program. The program uses a case management model to provide professional technical support in the form of financial analysis, cash management, marketing and operational systems evaluation. These business creation and development supports are supplemented with affordable business space and business services including bulk mailing, faxing, computer training, business resource library, Internet access, telephone answering and copier services. The program uses traditional and non-traditional lending sources and serves as a loan packager and intermediary for financing. The program offers participants a stipend to offset the cost of securing outside professional services.
EGG relies on existing city services and programs to prevent duplication of business support.
A citywide network of development specialists assists participants. The EGG has created 179 new jobs and retained 169. Fair Housing Faith and Community Fair Fair Educates Residents on Civil Rights and Fair Housing Kansas City . Led by the Metropolitan Baptist Church, a coalition of church leaders, federal agencies, schools and colleges sponsored an all-day fair housing and civil rights fair. The U.S. Department of Justice, HUD, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and a variety of other federal agencies joined with private sector organizations to educate approximately 500 people on issues ranging from how to obtain food stamps to how to fight for fair housing.