Programs closed due to shutdown

The pre-application period ran from June Pre-applications will be reviewed by staff as they are received, and businesses meeting the program guidelines will then be emailed with instructions for completing the application, which is due on June Grant announcements will be made on July 6, with grants distributed by mid-July.

The relief program was an emergency grant focused on the most basic needs — rent and essential utilities. The program hit its capacity after a day and a half, with more than 10, inquiries. Businesses must be public-facing, have 50 or fewer employees, be current on taxes, and able to demonstrate a revenue loss due to the pandemic.

Applications were accepted between April To be eligible, a business must have a brick-and-mortar location, not be publicly-traded, be in operation before December 1, , be in good standing with local and state government, and have lost revenue due to the pandemic.

Loan repayment is deferred and is interest-free for the first 90 days, at which point the loans revert to a fixed four percent rate for up to 15 years. Applications closed on October 14, Businesses must spend at least 60 percent of the grants on payroll, with the remainder available for rent, utilities, and other operating expenses. The application deadline was June The program was open to businesses with employees and that were in operation on March 1. Loans will have month terms, at one percent interest, with payments deferred for the first three months.

The application window is August 27 — September 7. Within 72 hours of opening on April 16, the application process was temporarily closed due to the overwhelming number of applications submitted. Grants are available to businesses with no more than businesses and that have been in operation for at least one year.

Loans are available to businesses with no more than employees and that have been in business for at least two years. Loans will have month terms, at five percent interest, with the possibility of having the first nine months of principal and interest payments forgiven.

Applications will be reviews and awards made until funds are depleted. Applications were accepted throughout May, on a rolling basis, until funds are exhausted.

The Fund is privately capitalized by Blake Sullivan and Kathy McArthur, based on a similar fund they launched in Virginia, with additional contributions from the public. The program, which is still under development, will score applications using a point system, with additional weight given to the smallest businesses.

Applications were accepted from June Businesses that are at least percent minority-owned, those with five employees or less, and those in Community Development Block Grant target neighborhoods as identified by the Census were given priority. Local leaders say that the majority of that money went towards paying rent and utilities. The application period opened on May Grants will be distributed through four Hawaii-based credit unions.

The application window opened on August 24, but the website nearly crashed due to high demand. The program was administered in partnership with several credit unions. The application period opened on August 3. The deadline for the expanded program is October Grants are intended to help businesses make energy-efficiency improvements, such as upgrading to LED lighting, installing occupancy sensors, upgrading inefficient air conditioning units, and replacing aging commercial kitchen equipment with ENERGY STAR appliances.

The application window opened on May Loans will be made with a five-year term, at three percent interest, with repayment deferred for six months. Nonprofits and farm businesses are not eligible.

The Program is available to businesses in non-entitlement communities or in an urban county that receives entitlement funds. The Program is accepting applications on a rolling basis. The Program received 12, valid applications by its April 1 deadline, from which were selected by lottery to receive grants. The program opened on June More than 5, businesses applied for funding, with grantees selected via random lottery.

The Fund is a partnership between the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, private-sector philanthropists, and private citizens.

Because the program uses CDBG funds, businesses must meet certain income criteria. The application window will close on February 8, Businesses must have been in operation for at least three months. Certain types of businesses, including nonprofits, tobacco or vaping shops, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, and corporate owned chain stores are not eligible.

More than 4, businesses submitted applications during the April May 4 application period, with winning businesses selected through a lottery system. Of the grants awarded, more than 55 percent are owned by women, 45 percent are owned by African Americans, and 34 percent are Latinx-owned.

Applications will be accepted until June 29, with grants awarded on a lottery basis to qualified businesses. The University received more than applications. It announced its first awards, to 18 tenants, on April 13 and will make additional awards in a later distribution.

The fund was capitalized with county funds and Community Development Block Grants. The application deadline will be September The program has temporarily closed due to overwhelming demand but is hoping to reopen in the near future. To qualify, businesses must have 10 or fewer employees, be deemed non-essential, and have been in business before January 1, The application window will close on July Locally owned and franchise businesses are eligible although franchisees must operate no more than four locations.

Applications were available on April 27, and the program will expire on December 31 or when all funds have been expended. To qualify, businesses must be locally owned and in operation at least since April 1, The application program will close on July 2, and grants will be awarded by lottery on July 7. To qualify, a business must have between employees, have been established before January 1, and not be home-based.

Loans were made with month terms, at one percent interest, with the first payment deferred up to six months. The program was open until July 1. To be eligible, a business must have experienced a revenue loss because of the coronavirus; the money may be used for payroll, rent, utilities, loan payments, etc. The program was able to provide grants to 32 businesses. Business owners will make interest-only payments in the first year of the payback period.

To be eligible, businesses must have no more than 15 employees and must meet CDBG funding guidelines. Priority will be given to women- and minority-owned businesses on a first-come, first-served basis. Grants may be used for payroll, rent, utilities, personal protective equipment, business safety modifications, and certain other expenses. They must also have been in operation on or before February 15th and be in good standing with the state and county.

The application window was August 24 — September On March 29, Indiana Gov. The Fund began accepting applications on June 3 and will remain open until September 30 or until funding is exhausted.

Bankable , a nonprofit lender in Anderson, has created two loan programs for businesses affected by the COVID pandemic. The application deadline is October 2. The program made grants to small businesses, particularly those businesses in highly impacted sectors food and beverage, personal care, professional services, and retail sectors and prioritized businesses that are retaining low-to-moderate LMI income jobs.

The program was capitalized with Community Development Block Grant funds. The interest rate is one percent, with a month loan term and interest-only payments for the first six months. To be eligible, businesses must be within city limits, have been in operation for six months or longer, be in good standing with local and state government, and able to provide proof that it has lost revenue because of the pandemic-related shutdown.

Applications were due on June 3. Priority is given to businesses located within the Evansville Promise Zone. Businesses must be locally owned, with less than 25 employees. Repayment will be deferred by three months. Program details are not yet available. Borrowers must repay one percent of the principal per month, at zero interest, beginning six months after loans are awarded.

If a business receiving a loan makes regular payments, uses loan proceeds for eligible expenses such as payroll, rent, and utilities , and remains in operation through the end of , the remaining principal and interest will be forgiven. Applications were due on June 15, and the City made 27 awards the week of July The application period opened on May 27 and closed on June IMPACT Central Indiana , a limited liability company created by the Central Indiana Community Foundation, has launched a fund to make emergency loans, equity investments, and grants to businesses owned by people of color and by members of marginalized communities in Hamilton and Marion Counties.

The program also offers free one-on-one business coaching. Applicants must live in Marion County or one of the surrounding counties. Businesses must have a physical presence in Jeffersonville, have 50 or fewer employees, have been in business for two years or, if less than two years, be able to show growth over a three-month period , and have no outstanding federal or state liens or judgments.

The application period closed on May Businesses must be located in the downtown Entrepreneur and Enterprise District or in a qualified low- to moderate-income Census tract. To be eligible, businesses must be locally owned, support low- and moderate-income individuals, and be located in targeted support areas. Loans will reimburse businesses for business operation expenses, including rent and utilities. To qualify, businesses must have 20 or fewer staff, have been open at least six months, and be current on taxes and other city obligations.

For loan forgiveness, a business must remain open for one year and must remain in Logansport. The deadline is August 1.

The deadline for the second round was May There were no loan origination fees, and payments are being deferred for six months. Businesses then have up to 54 months to repay the amount borrowed. If payments are 30 days past due, they incur a late fee of five percent of the outstanding amount.

To be eligible, the business owner must live in Wayne County, the business must be physically located in Wayne County, and must have no more than 50 employees as of March 1. The application window closed March The program is no longer accepting applications. Businesses must meet the federal CDBG national objective that 51 percent or more of its employees be part of a low- to moderate-income household. The application window opened on October The Greater Des Moines Partnership offered to provide some matching funds for the program.

The program was administered by the Iowa Center for Economic Success. The Dubuque Minority Small Business Relief Grant will provide financial assistance to minority-owned small businesses is now open for applications.

There are limited funds available, and the goal is to award 20 grants to eligible applicants. NICC will receive and review grant applications for eligibility through August 31st.

Notification of award decisions and disbursement of grant funds will begin in September. Eligible businesses must have 25 or fewer employees, have a physical location within city limits, and be locally owned. Funds can be used to assist businesses in maintaining operations or reopening business following the COVID; they cannot be used to pay debts incurred prior to March 17, To be eligible, businesses must have employees, have a physical establishment, and have been in operation for at least two years.

Franchises and chains are not eligible. Repayment will be deferred for six months. Applications were due by June Five municipalities and organizations in Jasper County came together to create a Small Business Assistance Program, offering grants to businesses affected by the pandemic to help cover April rents.

To be eligible, businesses must have no more than 25 employees and have not received other financial assistance. The application period was May 28 — June 7. Applications were due by May 15, and awards were distributed to 37 businesses on May The fund was depleted within hours of accepting its first applications.

Decisions on loan applications were made within 72 hours, and funds were transferred to businesses within 48 hours of approval. The Fund continues to accept applications in the event more capital becomes available.

The application period was June 24 — July The application portal will remain open until all funds have been awarded. The program is designed to fund retail and service businesses, but not restaurants. Four organizations in the Emporia, Kansas area have pooled resources to create the Greater Emporia area Disaster Relief fund to support businesses and nonprofit organizations. Businesses can apply for grants through the Emporia Main Street program, with nonprofits applying through the United Way of the Flint Hills.

The Emporia Community Foundation manages donations; it writes a check to Emporia Main Street once the allocation is set, and Emporia Main Street then distributes grants directly to businesses. Applications were due on June As of July 16, the City had not yet finalized program details or released the application. Business owners must be low- to moderate-income or employ low- to moderate-income workers. Certain types of businesses, including franchises, chains, and businesses engaged in illegal activities, are ineligible.

To qualify, businesses had to have fewer than 50 employees, have been open before March 13, and had to explain how they have been impacted by the pandemic and how they plan to use the grant money. The application deadline was April To be eligible, businesses must employ no more than 20 people, be able to document that it lost income as a result of the pandemic, have been in operation on January 1, , and have a physical location within the County with the exception of businesses within the Prestonburg city limits, since the City of Prestonburg will be launching a separate program.

Applications are available by emailing anna. On May 22, the Downtown Lexington Partnership and Lexington Downtown Management District launched a joint grant program to help downtown businesses with reopening expenses, such as cleaning and disinfecting supplies, interior and exterior alterations to facilitate social distancing, marketing, payroll, and rent.

The loan program is intended to offer bridge financing, with borrowers applying for other assistance to pay off the loan within one year. Should a small business borrower not find other assistance, the loan will be renewed for four years, at five percent interest. The program began accepting applications on April 6. At least 50 percent of the funds were given to businesses in low- to moderate-income Census tracts. On April 30, the Mt. The application period was May , with funds awarded beginning on May Grant sizes were based on receipts for paid expenses incurred since March 1.

The program is open to businesses with between employees and with a valid City of Newport occupational license. The application process closed on May The application process opened on April 20 and closed on April 30; it received 52 applications on its first day.

The maximum loan term is 36 months, at 2. The program accepted applications through June In its first week, the Fund received over applications.

Nonprofits, real estate developers, pawn shops, payday lenders, businesses that are solely engaged in gaming, and businesses engaged in speculative activities are ineligible. To be eligible, businesses must have 50 or fewer employees, must be independently owned, and must be able to demonstrate an interruption in operations because of the pandemic. The application window opened on July 28 and was originally to close on November 4, with several earlier deadlines for special priority grants businesses that have not received federal aid; and women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses — but the program reached capacity before then and stopped accepting new applications on September Businesses must be considered low-to-moderate income based on federal guidelines.

The program is being administered by the Urban League of Louisiana. Program details are available by contacting kimberly. The program received requests in its first few days. To qualify, restaurants must already have a sidewalk cafe permit or possess an off-street parking lot. Thirty-five percent of the grants have been earmarked for businesses owned by people of color or women in the first four weeks of the program.

Applications will be accepted until funding is exhausted. The Greater New Orleans Foundation , with support from one of the owners of the McIlhenny Company which makes Tabasco sauce , has created a family assistance program for service and hospitality workers. Grants are awarded by lottery to 1, workers.

To qualify, businesses or nonprofits must demonstrate a need for financial relief based on lost revenues since March 1, due to the pandemic; must have significant operations in Maine; must employ less than 50 people; have been in operation for at least one year as of August 1; be in good standing with the state; and be in consistent compliance with COVID prevention checklist requirements.

The application deadline is September 9. Loan terms are one year, with an option for extension, at Wall Street Journal Prime minus one percent, fixed. The loans must be collateralized with business assets, and the business principals must provide unlimited personal guarantees.

The City of Bangor is offering two grant programs to help businesses whose revenues have been negatively affected by the COVID pandemic. Applications are due by June On April 15, the City of Bath created a new emergency loan program for small businesses.

Businesses must have been in operation in Hallowell for at least two years. The Fund is capitalized by contributions from the public. As of June 1, it had exhausted its funding but was continuing to raise money in order to offer additional grants in the near future. The City of Rockland is creating an interest-free loan program for small downtown businesses that have been negatively affected by the COVID pandemic.

Grants may be used for immediate relief, technical assistance or equipment. Applications are due on July Businesses must have fewer than 50 employees and be able to demonstrate financial loss as a result of the COVID pandemic. The application deadline is August The grant program was intended to be a stop-gap, with businesses or nonprofit seeking longer-term funding through the SBA, a bank, or other source.

During the last week of March and first week of April, the State received nearly 20, applications, and the state closed the application window and started a waiting list.

The State was able to approve about 4, applications before running out of money. There is no interest for the first 12 months, then two percent for the remaining 24 months. Also, loan payments are deferred for the first 12 months, then amortized over the remainder of the loan term. There are no collateral requirements, but business owners must have a minimum personal credit score of On October 22, the State of Maryland announced several new small business relief programs and expansion of several existing small business relief programs.

As of October 22, application materials and program details were not yet available. To be eligible, businesses must have a physical address in the County, have no more than 15 employees, have no tax liens or legal judgments, and be in good standing with the State of Maryland.

The Initiative will be administered by the Baltimore Development Corporation. The application window opened on May 4. If a business fails, the business owner must return the grant within 14 days. Artists must be over 18 years of age, lived in the County for at least one year, be current on taxes and loan repayments, and have a strong artistic portfolio.

The application period opened on July 15, and grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until funding is depleted. The round 2 application deadline was August Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Grants were awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, while ensuring that grants were made to each of five major commercial districts.

The program stopped taking applications when funding was depleted. The Fund is raising money through a GoFundMe campaign. As of June 2, program details were not yet available. One-quarter of the Public Health Emergency Grant Program was reserved for restaurants and retail businesses. Because of overwhelming demand, the Program stopped accepting applications. To qualify, businesses must be physically located only in the County or generate at least 50 percent of its gross sales within the County, and it must not have already received financial assistance from the County or the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation.

Applications will be reviewed using a rolling random lottery system until funds are exhausted. The last of the lotteries will take place on September The program awarded grants or loans to small businesses, 78 percent of which were minority-owned and 43 percent of which were owned by women. The Fund will offer small grants to help businesses meet CDC guidelines for personal protective equipment and social distancing and to help cover reopening expenses.

It will also pair eligible low income workers with businesses that need to hire new staff. Program details will be available in late May. More information is available by emailing recoveryfund qac.

Grants may be used for working capital to support payroll expenses, rent, mortgage payments, utility expenses, or other similar expenses that occur in the ordinary course of business incurred between March 15, and December 30, As of September 10, applications were still being accepted. Chains and franchises are not eligible. The application deadline was May 29, with funding decisions announced June Grants will be targeted to the neediest businesses — those that have suffered operating losses, that do not have access to other sources of relief, and that lack adequate reserves.

The program will give preference to food service businesses restaurants, bars, caterers, etc. The program is administered by the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation. Priority will be given to minority- and women-owned businesses and other vulnerable businesses. The program began accepting applications on April 6, and, as of May 14, was no longer accepting new applications.

By that date, the City had awarded grants, 95 percent of which are going to businesses with 15 or fewer employees, 50 percent to people of color, and 48 percent to women-owned businesses.

Businesses must have fewer than 15 employees, operate from a brick-and-mortar commercial space within the city, and physically engage closely with the public personal care businesses, retail shops, food businesses, arts and entertainment businesses, fitness facilities, event spaces, etc. The application window will open on May 28, and the City will accept applications on a phased basis, paralleling the phased approach the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is taking to reopen businesses.

The Fund opened on March 12 and closed on April The Emergency Response Fund has been overwhelmed with applications and is now crowdfunding to raise additional capital. Grants may be used for paying rent, mortgages, and other operating expenses; employee wages; perishable inventory lost because of business interruption; and resources to get the business established online. The program was funded by contributions from residents and corporations. As of June 4, program details and application materials were not yet available.

To be eligible, businesses must be Chicopee-based, in operation for at least 24 months, and current on state and local taxes. Because the Program uses CDBG funds, grants must be compliant with federal Block Grant regulations, including continued employment of low- and moderate-income workers. Loans are approved rapidly, with no application fee. The program gave precedence to businesses with five or fewer employees; restaurants, bars, retail, and entertainment businesses; and businesses with existing loans with the Community Development Small Business Loan Program.

It awarded 40 grants. The Fund is not currently accepting applications. The forgivable loan program will be administered by the Franklin County Community Development Corporation.

The program gives priority to businesses with brick-and-mortar locations. Those efforts would determine which government activities would stop until the political impasse between Democrats and Republicans is resolves and funding is renewed.

But all essential services would continue. Here are some of the services that have been maintained in prior shutdowns, according to the CRFB. A full government shutdown would likely impact more federal workers than the prior partial shutdown in , the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said. It could be similar in scope to shutdowns in and in early , when about , of 2.

In the episode, about , federal workers were furloughed, according to the Partnership for Public Service. Furloughed federal workers aren't allowed to work during a shutdown and don't get paid while they're off, but would eventually receive back pay once the logjam is resolved.

But that disruption could have a wider economic impact, according to American Federation of Government Employees public policy Director Jacqueline Simon. They don't go to the grocery store and buy groceries a lot. No, experts say. That's because Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs, which means they aren't subject to annual appropriations. But while the government would continue to disburse payments for Social Security recipients and people covered by Medicare and Medicaid, other services could be disrupted.

For instance, benefit verification as well as card issuance would be halted during a shutdown, the group said. That could create problems for some, as benefit verification is sometimes required when people apply for loans, mortgages or other services that require proof of income.

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