$10,000 MICRO-GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE TO WORCESTER BUSINESSES; SUPPLIES REQUESTED TO AID FIRST RESPONDERS
BLOCK GRANTS
The City of Worcester has made available $500,000 in
Community Development Block Grants
to be distributed in $10,000 micro-grants to businesses.
Applications for the grants will be available starting Monday, March 23 on the
city's website
.
Please see the eligi
bility requirements below:
- Business owners must have low to moderate-income status
- The businesses must be in Worcester
- Businesses have to experience a loss of 50 percent or more due to COVID-19 since March 10
- A business must have less than $2 million in gross receipts
CALL FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES
If you are a life sciences or health care organization, please consider donating any medical supplies you have in stock to the
MA Life Sciences Emergency Supply Hub
. Created to help best arm first responders combatting the spread of COVID-19, the Supply Hub is asking for everything from N95/N99 masks to ventilators to
stretchers, lab supplies, and even the volunteered time of medical professionals.
Organized as a joint collaboration between Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
,
Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council, and the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, the Supply Hub is requesting those with materials to give
fill out this survey
.
If you are a health care professional in need of supplies or expertise, please email
supplyhub@massbio.org
and your request will be shared with the MA Dept. of Health.
