{"id":2048,"date":"2020-06-16T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/?post_type=news&amp;p=2048"},"modified":"2020-06-16T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:57:39","slug":"us-sba-economic-injury-disaster-loans-and-advance-program-reopened","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/news\/us-sba-economic-injury-disaster-loans-and-advance-program-reopened\/","title":{"rendered":"US SBA: Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance Program Reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Default\">To further meet the needs of U.S. small businesses and non-profits, the U.S. Small Business Administration reopened the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program portal to all eligible applicants experiencing negative economic impacts due to COVID-19 today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">SBA\u2019s EIDL program offers long-term, low interest assistance for a small business or non-profit. These loans can provide vital economic support to help alleviate temporary loss of revenue. EIDL assistance can be used to cover payroll and inventory, pay debt or fund other expenses. Additionally, the EIDL Advance will provide up to $10,000 ($1,000 per employee) of emergency economic relief to businesses that are currently experiencing temporary difficulties, and these emergency grants do not have to be repaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><strong>What You need to Know about EIDL and EIDL Advance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Default\">The SBA is offering low interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses and non-profit organizations that are suffering substantial economic injury as a result of COVID-19 in all U.S. states, Washington D.C., and territories.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">These loans may be used to pay debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills\u00a0that can\u2019t be paid because of the disaster\u2019s impact,\u00a0and that are not already covered by a Paycheck\u00a0Protection Program loan.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">The interest rate is 3.75% for small businesses. The interest rate for non-profits is 2.75%.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">To keep payments affordable for small businesses, SBA offers loans with long repayment terms, up to a maximum of 30 years. Plus, the first payment is deferred for one year.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">In addition, small businesses and non-profits may request, as part of their loan application, an EIDL Advance of up to $10,000. The EIDL Advance is designed to provide emergency economic relief to businesses that are currently experiencing a temporary loss of revenue. This advance will not have to be repaid, and small businesses may receive an advance even if they are not approved for a loan.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">SBA\u2019s EIDL and EIDL Advance are just one piece of the expanded focus of the federal government\u2019s coordinated response.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">The SBA is also assisting small businesses and non-profits with access to the\u00a0<strong>federal forgivable\u00a0<\/strong>loan program, the Paycheck Protection Program, which is currently accepting applications until June 30, 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Default\">For additional information, please visit the SBA disaster assistance website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/funding-programs\/disaster-assistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SBA.gov\/Disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To further meet the needs of U.S. small businesses and non-profits, the U.S. Small Business Administration reopened the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program portal to all eligible applicants experiencing negative economic impacts due to COVID-19 today. SBA\u2019s EIDL program offers long-term, low interest assistance for a small business or non-profit. These [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}