“The SBA’s COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan program offers a lifeline to millions of small businesses who are still being impacted by the pandemic,” SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman said. “We’ve retooled this critical program – increasing the borrowing limit to $2 million, offering 24 months of deferment, and expanding flexibility to allow borrowers to
In the SBA Release Number: 21-72 issued on 8/18/2021, the SBA mentioned that in the last two week the PPP Direct Borrower Forgiveness Portal accepted more than 340K submissions. This might be an excellent tool for some lenders that are not processing on time some of the PPP forgiveness applications if they signed up for
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published new guidance in mid July 2021 designed to simplify and speed up the forgiveness process for businesses and not-for-profits with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $150,000 or less. The $150k forgiveness application is just a one page attestation with no payroll (or other) support required. The SBA
Last night, the SBA PPP portal was closed to the financial institutions. No more applications were able to be submitted today. The question is what will happen to the applications submitted but not yet approved. Note that there are around $8 billions on the side for minority groups and around $6B for applications with error
Established under the American Rescue Plan, and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund provides a total of $28.6 billion in direct relief funds to restaurants and other hard-hit food establishments that have experienced economic distress and significant operational losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program
Last week, the SBA made a press release of the SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund which will be available to restaurants and similar businesses - https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-options/restaurant-revitalization-fund As of right now, the sample application is 16 pages long and it requires a high level detail on several areas. From the information available so far, the funds will be provided as a
Tonight there was a SBA press release about the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program. SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman on 4/17/2021 announced key details on application requirements, eligibility, and a program guide for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RFF). Under this announcement, details on application requirements, eligibility, and a program guide are now available in English at
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and amended by the American Rescue Plan Act. The program includes over $16 billion in grants to shuttered venues, to be administered by SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance. Eligible applicants may qualify for grants
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is targeting early April to launch a phased rollout of the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), a senior SBA official testified during a Senate Small Business Committee hearing. The American Rescue Plan Act, P.L. 117-2, created the RRF to provide restaurants with grants equal to their pandemic-related revenue
The SBA has published the following press release regarding the deferment for all Covid-19 EIDL and other disaster loans. "WASHINGTON –The U.S. Small Business Administration announced extended deferment periods for all disaster loans, including the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, until 2022. All SBA disaster loans made in calendar year 2020, including COVID-19
