{"id":6124,"date":"2020-03-17T14:31:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatermankatoblog.com\/?p=6124"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:49:08","slug":"status-sba-loans-for-businesses-impacted-by-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatermankato.com\/es\/blog\/status-sba-loans-for-businesses-impacted-by-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Status: SBA loans for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
This morning, March 17th, the U.S. Small Business Administration held a webinar on the current status of SBA funding for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n
The main funding tool is SBA Disaster Assistance loan for working capital to small businesses. The size of a business, by SBA definition<\/a>, is dependent on industry, revenue, and employees on payroll. A vast majority of Greater Mankato businesses would meet the criteria, as well as non-profits.<\/p>\n Currently, only a handful of states (Kentucky and Maine) have received the required Governor certification to access the federal funding. Minnesota, led by the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development are finalizing Minnesota’s eligibility. Once Minnesota has the designation (5 businesses experiencing economic injury directly from COVID-19), access to the funding is on a county by county basis. A business must have a physical presence in the county that is eligible. A business will apply directly to SBA to submit an application. There is no cost to apply, outside of the time it takes to submit the package. A business doesn’t have to take the loan if they apply. Once approved, a business can wait up to 6 months to make a decision on whether they want to access the loan.<\/p>\n Below are quick hits from the webinar:<\/span><\/p>\n Below is the program summary from the SBA as well as links for more information:<\/p>\n SBA Disaster Assistance in Response to the Coronavirus This morning, March 17th, the U.S. Small Business Administration held a webinar on the current status of SBA funding for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 virus. The main funding tool is SBA Disaster Assistance loan for working capital to small businesses. The size of a…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[279,280,281,709,710],"post_author":[],"class_list":["post-6124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-development","tag-blue-earth-county-covid-19","tag-mankato-corona-virus","tag-mankato-covid-19","tag-nicollet-county-corona-virus","tag-nicollet-county-covid-19"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\n\u2022 The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering designated states and territories low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Upon a request received from a state\u2019s or territory\u2019s Governor, SBA will issue under its own authority, as provided by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act that was recently signed by the President, an Economic Injury Disaster Loan declaration.
\n\u2022 Any such Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance declaration issued by the SBA makes loans available to small businesses and private, non-profit organizations in designated areas of a state or territory to help alleviate economic injury caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
\n\u2022 SBA\u2019s Office of Disaster Assistance will coordinate with the state\u2019s or territory\u2019s Governor to submit the request for Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance.
\n\u2022 Once a declaration is made for designated areas within a state, the information on the application process for Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance will be made available to all affected communities as well as updated on our website: SBA.gov\/disaster<\/a>.
\n\u2022 SBA\u2019s Economic Injury Disaster Loans offer up to $2 million in assistance and can provide vital economic support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing.
\n\u2022 These loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills that can\u2019t be paid because of the disaster\u2019s impact. The interest rate is 3.75% for small businesses without credit available elsewhere; businesses with credit available elsewhere are not eligible. The interest rate for non-profits is 2.75%.
\n\u2022 SBA offers loans with long-term repayments in order to keep payments affordable, up to a maximum of 30 years. Terms are determined on a case-by-case basis, based upon each borrower\u2019s ability to repay.
\n\u2022 SBA\u2019s Economic Injury Disaster Loans are just one piece of the expanded focus of the federal government\u2019s coordinated response, and the SBA is strongly committed to providing the most effective and customer-focused response possible.
\n\u2022 For additional information, please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center. Call 1-800-659-2955 (TTY: 1-800-877-8339) or e-mail disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.<\/a>
\n\u2022 Visit SBA.gov\/disaster<\/a> para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"