COVID-19 Business Resources

Financial Resources:

• SBA Disaster Assistance Loans
  • SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans offer up to $2 million in assistance for a small business. These loans can provide vital economic support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing.
  • Video: How to apply for Coronavirus SBA Economic Disaster Assistance

• SBA Funding Programs – Capital Access
  • Incidents can strain a small business’s financial capacity to make payroll, maintain inventory and respond to market fluctuations (both sudden drops and surges in demand). Businesses should prepare by exploring and testing their capital access options so they have what they need when they need it.

• IBANK Jump Start Loan Program
  • IBank is offering loans from $500 to $10,000 to low-wealth entrepreneurs in the declared disaster and emergency areas through its Jump Start Loan Program.

• Filing for Unemployment Online
  • California: https://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/UI_Online.htm
  • Nevada: https://secure.ui.nv.gov/DETRCLReg/CreateUser.jsp

Local Resources:

• Free Business Coaching, Sierra Small Business Development Center,
  • The Sierra SBDC offers free business coaching that can assist businesses in cash flow management, other sources of capital, and applications for disaster funding. Businesses can sign up for their services on their website to be connected with an advisor.

• Webinar Series for Business and Nonprofits Amidst COVID-19

• Barton Health, Coronavirus Update
  • If you develop symptoms, and have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19 or if you have recently traveled from an area with widespread or ongoing community spread of COVID-19, please call your health provider’s office or Barton’s COVID-19 Clinical Health Line at 530.600.1999.

State Resources:

• The Latest News and Resources for Your Business, California SBDC
• COVID-19 Top Resources for Employers (CalChamber)
• CA Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) FAQ on COVID-19 for Employers
• CA Labor & Workforce Development Agency – Resources for Employers and Workers
• CA Employment Development Dept. Work Sharing Program.
  • Information about how employers can apply Unemployment Insurance Work Sharing Program if reducing hours/production
  • An alternative to Layoffs
• Rapid Response Services Fact Sheet for Businesses facing mass layoffs or closures
• Labor & Workforce Development Agency, COVID-19 Resource for Employers and Worker

National Resources:

• CDC, Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
• OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
• FDA statement about safety of Food Chain (for restaurants and suppliers)
• National Restaurant Association, Coronavirus Information and Resouces
• Resilience in a Box
  • If your business needs help putting a plan in place, use the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s toolkit created in partnership with the UPS foundation.
• Combating the Coronavirus, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Resource and Guideline for Business
• Coronavirus Management System™, Prepare your Organization for COVID-19

Regulations and Notifications

• March 18 – Nevada Governor Sisolak orders closure of all non-essential businesses for the next 30 days, including restricting restaurants from offering dine-in services. More information
• March 15 – CDC recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the U.S. More Information on Mass Gatherings
• March 15 – California Governor Newsom recommends the closures of bars, nightclubs, brewpubs, and wineries as well as a reduction of capacity by 50% for restaurants to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. More information

Resource Articles:

• Communicating Your Brand During the COVID -19 Pandemic
• Facebook Business Resource Hub
• Emergency Webinar: Weathering The Storm As A Small Business Owner 
• Coronavirus: 8 Things Your Small Business Needs to Do