Here are valuable COVID-19 Resource Links provided by Main Street Iowa and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC):
- SBA is processing $2 Billion in loans per hour.
- $50 Billion has been approved as of 4/6 for the PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
- If you haven’t applied – contact your local SBA lender today.
- Be patient – Be your own advocate – Be in touch with your local SBDC
- If you have questions – contact us – Kimberly Tiefenthaler at 515-576-6242 or kimberlyt@ncisbdc.com
COVID-19 & Main Street: Organizational Health Check-Up View the recording and check out related resources here.
COVID-19 & Main Street: Supporting Local Safely – National Federation of Independent Businesses View the recording.
- Yes, you still need to file your 990 on time.
- Alcoholic Beverages Division COVID-19, 4-1-20 Update: https://abd.iowa.gov/covid-19-updates
- Joan Garry Podcast: Leadership in the Time of COVID-19
- CARES Act: Independent Sector How to Apply for Nonprofit Relief Funds
- Business Classifications: Essential Businesses
- MobileCause Resource: CoronaVirus Survival Kit for Nonprofits
- National Endowment for the Arts Relief funding for arts organizations can be used for general operating expenses, does not require matching funds
- Network for Good: The Importance of Digital Donor Communication During a Crisis. Here are the materials.
- Nonprofits, How You Can Use the New Federal Laws Dealing with COVID-19
- PPP: Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
- SBA Federal Disaster Loan Assistance for Businesses, Private Non-profits, Homeowners & Renters (Estimated time for completing the entire application is two hours and ten minutes) https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/
- 211 Iowa
- Action Coach, Andy O’Brien, who has worked with Main Street Iowa has a free video recording, PLAN, DON’T Panic video
- Alcoholic Beverages Division: For information ranging from Updated Rules and Regulations for Bars & Restaurants from the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division to the latest news and information from the Office of the Governor of Iowa go to Iowa Economic Development Authority
- CARES Act
- CARES Act: The Small Business Owner’s Guide/U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Coronavirus Impacting Your Nonprofit? Here’s What to Do
- Delta Dental Grants to Support Dentists and Non-Profits Two Relief Programs
- Department of Labor: Guidance
- Department of Labor: Q & A
- Google: Grow with Google Helpful Site for Small Businesses
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA): See IRDA’s page dedicated to COVID-19: Iowa Business Recovery Assistance
- Iowa State University Center for Industrial Research and Service
- Iowa Workforce Development Outlines CARES Act
- Iowa Workforce Development – How to File a Claim for Unemployment
- Iowa Utilities Board Emergency Extension
- Isolation Guidance for Iowans
- Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
- Main Street America Guidance for your Community
- National Federation of Independent Business COVID Resources: NFIB Resources
- National Federation of Independent Business COVID Small Business FAQs: Questions & Answers
- Retail Stores that the Governor closed under her March 26 proclamation must have their establishment closed to the public. However, these stores can still sell to the public online or by telephone with delivery or curbside pickup of their goods without opening their store. (See March 30 FYI-MSI attached Business Clarifications from IEDA)
- SCORE How Small Businesses Can Prepare for the Coronavirus
- Small Business Administration (SBA): US Small Business Administration
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC): America’s SBDC Iowa
- Stop Germs Poster
- The Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center: COVID-19 Nonprofit Resources
- Unemployment…Workforce Development
- Unemployment…File a Claim for Unemployment Insurance Benefits Online
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Combating the Coronavirus
- Video Conferencing Options
- World Health Organization
- WhizBang!: Helpful tips for businesses…open WhizBang! Retail Training