{"id":29659,"date":"2026-04-15T11:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29659"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:58:38","slug":"sen-ossoff-delivering-resources-to-help-georgians-with-disabilities-start-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-delivering-resources-to-help-georgians-with-disabilities-start-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Delivering Resources to Help Georgians with Disabilities Start Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Atlanta, Ga.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is expanding opportunities for Georgians with\u00a0disabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to\u00a0deliver funding to Synergies Work, Inc., a nonprofit based in Atlanta that helps\u00a0entrepreneurs\u00a0with\u00a0disabilities\u00a0start and grow their own businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the funding, Synergies Work, Inc. will expand its entrepreneurship programs across Georgia, including small business training, mentorship, and access to resources that support business development and long-term sustainability. This work will help equip more Georgians with\u00a0disabilities\u00a0with the skills and support needed to launch and grow small businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is delivering $475,000 for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on February 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBringing Republicans and Democrats together, I\u2019m delivering these resources to help improve the lives of Georgians with\u00a0disabilities\u00a0and give Georgians the opportunity to succeed,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a defining moment for\u00a0disability entrepreneurship in Georgia. For too long, people with\u00a0disabilities\u00a0have been excluded from economic opportunity and access to the tools needed to build sustainable businesses,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Aarti Sahgal, Founder and CEO of Synergies Work.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWe are deeply grateful to Senator Ossoff for recognizing that\u00a0disabled entrepreneurs belong at the center of Georgia\u2019s economic future. This investment will expand access to entrepreneurship as\u00a0a viable\u00a0pathway for Georgians with\u00a0disabilities\u00a0to build independence and contribute to their communities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, Ga.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is expanding opportunities for Georgians with\u00a0disabilities.\u00a0 Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to\u00a0deliver funding to Synergies Work, Inc., a nonprofit based in Atlanta that helps\u00a0entrepreneurs\u00a0with\u00a0disabilities\u00a0start and grow their own businesses.\u00a0 With the funding, Synergies Work, Inc. will expand its entrepreneurship programs across Georgia, including small business training, mentorship, and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29659","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29661,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29659\/revisions\/29661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}