Help For Business Owners= Hispanic Business Initiative Fund: Training and assistance for new Hispanic businesses; (813) 864-6517

Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corp.: Loan and technical assistance to black business owners; (813) 274-7925

Tampa Bay Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Networking and education for Hispanics in business; (813) 414-9411

Education And Job Training= CARIBE Refugee Program: English language and job training for recent Cuban, Haitian and other refugees, provided through Hillsborough County's adult and community education program; (813) 231-1972

ENLACE at the University of South Florida: Scholarship, mentoring and other assistance designed to help Latino students finish school and go to college; (813) 974-5145

Hillsborough County Adult and Community Education: English language, literacy, high school credit and job training for students 16 and older; (813) 276-5654

Hispanic Services Council: English language, parenting, citizenship, emergency services and job training; (813) 876-7223

Homeowner Assistance= Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa: Job training and referral, neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing, home buyer assistance, financial literacy, business ownership training; (813) 232-1419

Housing and Education Alliance: Spanish and English language assistance for first-time home buyers, including money management training and down payment help; (813) 261-5151

HUD Housing Discrimination Hotline: (813) 228-2502 or or 1-800-669-9777

Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America: Home buying assistance and advocacy against predatory and discriminatory lending; (813) 287-5051 General Assistance Hillsborough County African American Liaison Joyce Russell: (813) 276-2637

Hillsborough County Hispanic Liaison Tony Morejon: (813) 276-8622

Hillsborough County Asian American Liaison Kimi Springsteen: (813) 276-8623

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hillsborough branch: Advocacy and other programs focusing on minority business achievement; (813) 234-8683

Tampa-Hillsborough Urban League: Tutoring, job training, pregnancy prevention and health promotion; (813) 229-8117