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Alameda Small Business Relief Grant
Program Opens Today

In order to support local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alameda City Council has created the COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant Program. The program will provide flexible grant funding to Alameda businesses to cover operating expenses, payroll, and/or other urgent expenses.

Alameda retailers, restaurants, and other small businesses can apply to receive grants of up to $7,500. A total of 80 grants are available, with 13 of those grants dedicated to Alameda Point businesses.

Grant Information and Applications
Grant information and applications will be available on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 4pm at the following link: https://www.alamedaca.gov/ALERTS-COVID-19/Business

Webinar and Q&A Sessions - Registration Required!
Please join us for a free webinar to demonstrate the application process and answer any questions. Advance registration is required.

April 29, 2020 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US)
- Please click here to register
May 5, 2020 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
- Please click here to register

Recordings of both webinars will be available at the following website when complete: https://www.alamedaca.gov/ALERTS-COVID-19/Business

Unemployment Assistance for Sole Proprietors

STARTS TOMORROW... The EDD is scheduled to begin accepting online applications for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program on Tuesday, April 28.

The new unemployment assistance program was set up to help California business owners, self-employed, independent contractors, and others who are out of work yet are not eligible for regular Unemployment Insurance.

Benefits can be retroactive to your last day of work due to COVID-19. Provisions of the program include:

Up to 39 weeks of benefits starting with weeks of unemployment beginning February 2, 2020, through the week ending December 26, 2020*, depending on when you became directly impacted by the pandemic.
An additional $600 to each PUA weekly benefit amount you may be eligible to receive, as part of the separate CARES Act Pandemic Additional Compensation program. Only the weeks of a claim between March 29 and July 25* are eligible for the extra $600 payments.

Watch for more details on the State of Californai EDD site:
https://edd.ca.gov/coronavirus-2019/pandemic-unemployment-assistance.htm

Non-Government Grant Programs

A number of private companies are joining the call to support small businesses. We encourage you to apply early as some have a small application window. (Thank you to SCORE for providing this list.)

Salesforce.com is offering grants up to $10k https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2020/04/salesforce-care-small-business-grants.html
Facebook is offering $100 million in grants to support over 30,000 small businesses in over 30 countries.
https://www.facebook.com/business/boost/grants
Working Solutions website has good information on many grants https://www.workingsolutions.org/covid-19-resource-guide .
- Verizon and LISC – first round closed, apply for second round
- Hello Alice https://www.covid19businesscenter.com/
Nav is giving grants to small businesses that tell a story of preservation and opportunity in the face of a past or ongoing challenge. Apply by May 30, 2020.
https://www.nav.com/business-grant-contest/
Save Small Business Fund from U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Vistaprint is offering $5,000 grants that provide short-term relief for employers across the United States and its territories. Applications open April 20, 2020. For employers between 3-20 people in an economically vulnerable community that have been harmed financially by COVID-19 pandemic. Grants distributed on weekly rolling basis until funds have been allocated: https://savesmallbusiness.com

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