SBA Agency Reorganization Creates New Faith and Rural Affairs Offices, Consolidates Support Functions
June 17, 2026
Bob Coleman
Founder & Publisher
SBA Agency Reorganization Creates New Faith and Rural Affairs Offices, Consolidates Support Functions
SBA has announced an agency-wide reorganization aimed at improving efficiency, reducing duplication, and strengthening accountability. The restructuring centralizes key functions (including disaster recovery, finance, technology, human resources, and legal services) under their respective offices to streamline operations, improve coordination, and reduce overhead.
Key changes involved in the reorganization include:
- Office of Disaster Recovery – Centralizing disaster-related functions, improving responsiveness, and streamlining recovery operations.
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer – Consolidating data analysts, economists, grants management professionals, and acquisition specialists, strengthening financial oversight, and improving resource management.
- Office of the Chief Information Officer – Centralizing information technology personnel, accelerating IT modernization, and standardizing technology operations.
- Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer – Consolidating human resources professionals, streamlining workforce management, and standardizing personnel processes.
- Office of General Counsel – Consolidating attorneys and paralegals and strengthening legal coordination across the agency.
- New Faith Office – Establishing a dedicated office focused on enhancing engagement with faith-based organizations and communities.
- New Office of Rural Affairs – Establishing a dedicated office focused on expanding support for rural small businesses and domestic manufacturers.
The reorganization builds on broader cost-cutting efforts launched in 2025, when the SBA reduced its workforce by more than half, cut approximately $300 million in annual spending, terminated or paused more than 120 contracts, consolidated nearly half of its office leases, and reduced its operating budget by 33%. According to the agency, the latest restructuring is intended to further reduce redundancies while improving service delivery to small businesses and disaster survivors.
“The American people deserve an SBA that holds itself to the standards held by the small businesses we serve – with a relentless focus on quality, service levels, and efficiency,” says SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler. “Last year, after reducing agency headcount by over fifty percent and returning to full-time, in-office work, the SBA delivered record capital to small businesses. We restored the agency to its founding mission, took decisive action to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, and rebuilt the agency’s operational and financial accountability. This reorganization builds on that progress to create a stronger, modernized, and efficient SBA that is better positioned to serve entrepreneurs, job creators, and disaster survivors while safeguarding taxpayer dollars.”