Round 2 of CA Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grants Opens Today
Round 2 for California's Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grants opened today and will close on Monday, February 8, at 6:00 PM. Grants are for between $5,000 and $25,000, depending on annual revenues.
Important Reminders
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This is NOT a first-come, first-served application process or rolling approval process: all eligible applicants will be considered for the grant at the close of Round 2 on February 8, at 6:00 PM and not before.
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Applicants that were waitlisted in Round 1 and completed their application do NOT need to complete an application during Round 2. Waitlisted applicants that did not finish their application during Round 1 will be required to do so during Round 2 to be considered for grant approval.
- To apply, visit www.CAReliefGrant.com and find a partner by county or language. The partner you choose does not impact your eligibility or the consideration of your application. Apply only once to one partner to ensure the review of your application is not delayed. Please make note of which partner you choose to apply through for future reference.
Resources
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The Economic Development Collaborative's next free webinar on COVID-19 business resources, including these Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grants, is on Friday, February 5, at 12:00 PM.
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The www.CAReliefGrant.com website has numerous guides to review before applying, including detailed information on the application process with step-by-step instructions. You can also review Frequently Asked Questions, Application Tips, and instructional videos.
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EDC SBDC Financial Advisors are available to answer questions and help you prepare for Round 2. The Economic Development Collaborative hosts the Small Business Development Center and is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Signing up as a client takes just a few minutes and provides you with lifetime access to all of our no-cost services. Get started today with no-cost consulting by calling 805.409.9159 (ENGLISH) or 805.309.5874 (SPANISH).7:00 AM - 11:00 PM and Saturday
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Lendistry's Customer Care Team can be reached at (888) 612-4370 or by E-mailing CAReliefGrant@lendistry.com. Call center hours are Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM, and Saturday, 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM.
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City Hall to Re-Open for Limited Appointments on February 8
You may recall that we made the difficult decision to close City facilities effective January 11, after several of our employees tested positive for COVID-19. With only approximately 50 full-time employees at the City, we had to focus on preventing a larger outbreak in order to sustain our ability to provide services at all. I want to thank the entire Moorpark community for its patience and understanding as we have been operating in a safer, but admittedly less efficient, work-from-home model for the past three weeks.
I am pleased to report that all afflicted employees have recovered from COVID-19, and City staff will begin working inside City facilities again beginning Monday, February 8. To maintain as safe an environment as possible, all employees returning to City facilities from work-from-home will be tested for COVID-19 before being allowed into the building. Additionally, we will be open to the public for limited appointments only, to prevent lines in our lobbies and to give us time to clean our counters in between customers. Although new COVID-19 cases have dropped from their peak levels in December and January, Ventura County continues to experience many hundreds of new cases every day. Thus, we continue to encourage people to conduct business with the City through our Virtual Counter (www.moorparkca.gov/VirtualCounter) or by calling us at (805) 517-6200.
I also want to publicly recognize and thank the City staff for their efforts during this period of remote work. During our remote work period, additional City staff members were diagnosed with COVID-19, and working remotely prevented a larger outbreak and ensured our continued ability to provide services. Although some of our permitting and other processes were slowed, we were able to muster City staff to fully respond to the windstorm and power outages in mid-January. When the power went out, our Public Works team was ready to shuttle batteries between traffic signals and generators. When the winds knocked down trees, our Landscape Maintenance team cleared them from streets. When a tree fell into one of our community’s condominiums, our building inspectors were ready to inspect them for safety and structural stability.
While City staff will again be in City Hall starting next week, we are not out of the woods yet. We do not want to be in the unfortunate situation to force another closure of City facilities due to an outbreak. Many hundreds of Ventura County residents are still being diagnosed with COVID-19 every day, so it is incumbent upon all of us to act responsibly and safely in the weeks and months ahead. Please do so and please be well.
Sincerely,
Troy Brown, City Manager
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Economic Development Collaborative Webinar Series on COVID-19 Business Resources
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