亚特兰大 -(2020年3月18日.S. 小企业管理局 is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to 佛罗里达 small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the 冠状病毒 (COVID-19), 小企业管理局 Administrator Jovita Carranza announced today. 小企业管理局根据自己的权力行事, as provided by the 冠状病毒 Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act that was recently signed by the President, to declare a disaster following a request received from Gov. 2020年3月17日，罗恩·德桑蒂斯.
The disaster declaration makes 小企业管理局 assistance available in the entire state of 佛罗里达; and the contiguous counties of Baldwin, 卡温顿, Escambia, Geneva and Houston in Alabama; and Brooks, 卡姆登, 查尔顿, 赢得, 迪凯特, Echols, 格雷迪, 朗兹, 塞米诺尔, 乔治亚州的托马斯和威尔.
“小企业管理局 is strongly committed to providing the most effective and customer-focused response possible to assist 佛罗里达 small businesses with federal disaster loans. We will be swift in our efforts to help these small businesses recover from the financial impacts of the 冠状病毒 (COVID-19),卡兰萨局长说. 小企业管理局 Customer Service Representatives will be available to answer questions about 小企业管理局’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and explain the application process. “小型企业, private non-profit organizations of any size, small agricultural cooperatives and small aquaculture enterprises that have been financially impacted as a direct result of the 冠状病毒 (COVID-19) since Jan. 31, 2020, may qualify for Economic Injury Disaster Loans of up to $2 million to help meet financial obligations and operating expenses which could have been met had the disaster not occurred,卡兰萨说.
“These loans may be used to pay fixed debts, 工资, accounts payable and other bills that can’t be paid because of the disaster’s impact. Disaster loans can provide vital economic assistance to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing,卡兰萨补充道.
Eligibility for Economic Injury Disaster Loans is based on the financial impact of the 冠状病毒 (COVID-19). 利率是3.小企业75%. The interest rate for private non-profit organizations is 2.75%. 小企业管理局 offers loans with long-term repayments in order to keep payments affordable, up to a maximum of 30 years and are available to entities without the financial ability to offset the adverse impact without hardship.
申请人可在网上申请, receive additional disaster assistance information and download applications at http://disasterloan.SBA.gov/ela. Applicants may also call 小企业管理局’s Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@小企业管理局.政府 for more information on 小企业管理局 disaster assistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing may call (800) 877-8339. Completed applications should be mailed to U.S. 小企业管理局, 处理 and Disbursement Center, 金斯波特路14925号, 沃斯堡, TX 76155.
The deadline to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan is Dec. 18, 2020.
For more information about 冠状病毒, please visit: 冠状病毒.政府.
For more information about available 小企业管理局 resources and services, please visit: 小企业管理局.政府 /冠状病毒.
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