Disaster Tips & Resources
Resources for Businesses
Residents, businesses and nonprofits located in Texas are now eligible to submit an application for the SBA’s Disaster Loan Program. Key features of this loan program include:
- Up to $2 million for a small business
- Interest rate at 3.75% (2.75% for nonprofits)
- Covers fixed debt payments, payroll and AP
- Up to 30 years to repay
Borrowers can visit the SBA’s website to apply online using this link: Directly Apply SBA.gov
Key documents needed for the application will include:
- Last three years of federal tax returns for your business
- Last three years of personal federal tax returns
- A Personal Financial Statement 7
The Skills for Small Business is dedicated to the backbone of Texas’ business community – small employers. This exceptional opportunity supports businesses with fewer than 100 employees. It emphasizes training for new workers, and it may also help upgrade the skills of seasoned workers. The program pays up to $1,800 for each new employee trained and $900 for existing employees trained per 12-month period. Employers must pay the verifiable, prevailing wages in the local labor market for trainees funded under the grant.
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Safety Guidelines for the Workplace & Employers
- Guidelines for Employers: Planning & Responding to COVID-19
- OSHA: Guidance for Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
- Business Pandemic Planning Checklist
- Business Resiliency Planning
- Time: 5 Tips for Staying Productive and Mentally Healthy While You're Working
- Better Business Bureau: Advice & Resources
- SBA Disaster Assistance
- SBA: 3 Step Process for Disaster Loans
- U.S. Chamber Resources
- Office of Texas Governor: Business Resource Site
- Texas Workforce Commission Coronavirus FAQs
- Inc: 7 Ways to Support Small Businesses During Coronavirus Crisis
- Galveston Area: Business Recovery Loans
- Texas Restaurant Relief Fund
- SBA in Spanish
- Local Caregiving Resources
- Eldercare
- Texas Department of State Health Services – coronavirus information
- Texas Department of State Health Services – coronavirus COVID -19 information
- Texas Long Term Care Ombudsman (on behalf of assisted living and nursing home residents)
- Visit AARP’s Caregiving during Coronavirus resources
- AARP’s Prepare to Care guide is free and available to all