- We’ve recently streamlined processes, they’re easier than ever. Most businesses are approved within two weeks.
- Moving your HBB from another installation? If you were approved there, the process is even easier!
- New Army guidance directs installations to “find a way to say yes,” to HBB owners – so we’re prepared to make this easy for you.
- Official on-base offerings from the EXCHANGE, the Commissary and MWR no longer consider HBBs competition, and you don’t have to gain their approval.
- Operating an HBB from military housing without approval can violate policy and get you in trouble.
- Benefits of Being a Home Based Business
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HBBs allow families to work from their military quarters, developing rewarding careers that follow them through PCS moves. The wide span of HBBs include:
· Handmade crafts
· Cottage foods
· Body care products
· Pet sitting
· Professional services
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- Application Process
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Step 1: Download the HBB Application here and the Policy Memo here. For questions, contact Home-Based Business (HBB) Program Manager at jblmhbb@army.mil or call 253-967-2906. She will guide you through the application process, and answer any questions.
Step 2: Complete the Application.
- Obtain your necessary paperwork, including your Washington State Business License, liability insurance, lease addendum, and cottage food permit (if applicable).
Step 3: Turn in the Application.
- Return your completed application packet to the HBB Program Manager.
Step 4: Small Business Owners' Responsibility.
- Renew approval every two years.
- Maintain application packet and approval letter.
- Abide by all state and federal laws.
- Abide by AR 210-7
- Abide by all local guidance, policies, and procedures.
Home Based Businesses are important contributors to JBLM quality of life – new changes to procedures make it easier and quicker to gain approval to operate an on-base HBB.
If you operate a business out of your home on-base, and have not yet started the process, now is the time to get official!
Get approved now:
