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Small businesses are in dire need of assistance as many have been forced to close or rethink operations during the coronavirus outbreak. Those whose operations haven’t been directly affected, have felt its impact through staffing issues or lagging customer demand as the nation locks down to fight Coronavirus.
To help you find the funding your business needs to survive, we’re aggregating all available public and private funding options in the easy to navigate tool below.
Find funding immediately available to your business from federal, state, and private sources. We’re updating this page daily with the latest resources available. If you have any questions, please email info@connectedcouncil.org
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Coronavirus Resources
Program to help Maine’s small businesses relaunch and recover from coronavirus pandemic begins
A new initiative to help small businesses plan and recover from impacts left by the coronavirus pandemic is launching in the state.
Coronavirus PPP loan recipients may get extension of 8-week window to use funds, McCarthy says
The top Republican lawmaker in the House of Representatives on Tuesday said he was open to extending the window that Paycheck Protection Program loan recipients have to use their funding.
Is a Pandemic the Right Time to Start a Business? It Just Might Be
In March, as small businesses across the country were shutting down amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic, Shanel Fields was about to open one up.
Skittish Treasury Hobbles Small-Business Loan Plan
The Trump administration is hampering a Federal Reserve lending program that could help keep small and mid-sized businesses afloat during the coronavirus recession.
9 financial resources for women and minority business owners affected by the coronavirus
Entrepreneurs and small business owners across the country have undoubtedly been hit hard by today’s pandemic with many non-essential businesses remaining closed until further notice.
Restaurant executives plead with Trump for more flexibility with PPP loans amid coronavirus pandemic
Restaurant executives and industry leaders pushed President Trump on Monday to make fixes in the $660 billion small-business aid program that was enacted amid the coronavirus pandemic to allow them to get their businesses running again and rehire workers.
SC small business owners push for liability protection amid COVID-19 pandemic
According to the state’s chapter of the National Federation on Independent Business, 96% of businesses in South Carolina are considered small businesses.
Coronavirus devastating small businesses: One-third won’t reopen, 55% won’t rehire same workers, Facebook survey finds
Of small and medium-sized businesses that have been forced to shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of owners surveyed by Facebook said they won’t rehire the same workers they had before the crisis.
Gov. Tony Evers gives small businesses $75 million to help recover from losses caused by coronavirus
Gov. Tony Evers said Monday he would hand out $75 million to small businesses that have lost money after the coronavirus pandemic shut them down.
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Breaking Google’s search tools will hurt small businesses — including my family’s restaurant
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Collateral Damage: How Small Businesses Could Lose Big in the DOJ’s Fight Against Google
