{"id":18458,"date":"2022-04-14T14:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/?p=18458"},"modified":"2022-04-14T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:14:08","slug":"grants-available-hurry-2-expire-on-april-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/2022\/04\/grants-available-hurry-2-expire-on-april-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants Available! Hurry, 2 Expire on April 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Economic Workforce Development Department or as it is known, EWDD, is again offering City of Los Angeles Micro-Grants for Covid affected businesses with at least 2 years in operation and meet the eligibility requirements below.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Deadlines for\u00a0The Microenterprise Recovery Covid Grant\u00a0and the\u00a0Equity Fund Grant\u00a0\u00a0are April 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 11:59pm PST<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>*If you do not have a BTRC, please make an appointment with Selena Marcano using this link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newwbc.setmore.com\/selina-marcano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/newwbc.setmore.com\/selina-marcano<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0to get one as future grants will require the Business License.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Microenterprise Recovery Covid Grant<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/ewddlacity.com\/index.php\/recovery\/microenterprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ewddlacity.com\/index.php\/recovery\/microenterprise<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Eligible Businesses<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The business must be a for-pro\ufb01t business located within Los Angeles city limits. Home-based businesses are eligible if the owner is a Los Angeles resident; however, priority will be given to businesses operating from commercial locations.<\/li>\n<li>Annual revenue cannot exceed $1 million.<\/li>\n<li>*The business must have an active Business Tax Registration Certificate (BTRC) with the City of Los Angeles that is current and in good standing.<\/li>\n<li>The business was in existence on or before March 1, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>The business must have \ufb01ve (5) or fewer employees on their payroll, including the owner(s).<\/li>\n<li>The business must demonstrate that the grants funds will be used for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>The business must disclose whether they have received funding from other federal, state, or local sources (including PPP and EIDL). Applicants who have received funding are still eligible, providing the funds are not currently being spent on the same expenses covered by the Microenterprise Grant.<\/li>\n<li>If applicable, the business must be in good standing with the Secretary of State.<\/li>\n<li>The Equity Fund is supplemental and will target women-owned businesses.<\/li>\n<li>Grant funds must help create or retain at least one job held by or made available to low and moderate-income persons, as defined by HUD. The current income limits are provided in the table below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Equity Fund Grant<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewddlacity.com\/index.php\/recovery\/equity-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ewddlacity.com\/index.php\/recovery\/equity-fund<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The Equity Fund is specifically targeted towards women-owned microenterprises that need \ufb01nancial assistance to aid in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div>Small Business Renter\u2019s Credit<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewddlacity.com\/index.php\/recovery\/rentassist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ewddlacity.com\/index.php\/recovery\/rentassist<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Through the Small Business Rental Assistance Program, the City of Los Angeles will provide $12 million in grants to eligible businesses located in the City that need financial assistance to aid in their recovery from COVID-19. Grants will be of up to $15,000 or six months of back rent, whichever is less.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The grant may be used for rent payments that are in arrears that were incurred on or after March 1, 2020.\u00a0To be eligible, businesses must be for-profit and have a brick and mortar storefront location located and operated within Los Angeles city limits. Businesses must also provide lease agreements and proof confirming that back rent is owed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">This program will launch on Monday, April 18, 2022.<\/div>\n<div>If you receive an award, please let me know so we at the Women\u2019s Business Center can celebrate in your triumph and success!<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div>Ric S\u00e1enz<\/div>\n<div>Financial and General Business Manager<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:rsaenz@neworg.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rsaenz@neworg.us<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic Workforce Development Department or as it is known,  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}