Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Grants

These grants provide an emergency advance of up to $10,000 to small businesses and nonprofits harmed by COVID-19 within three days of applying for an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL).    To access the advance, you first apply for an EIDL and then request...

Paycheck Protection Program

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is an SBA Loan that helps businesses keep their workforce employed during the COVID-19 crisis.  The government will forgive all PPP loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll,...

Small Business Debt Relief Program

This program will provide immediate relief to small businesses with non-disaster SBA loans, in  particular 7(a), 504, and microloans. Under it, SBA will cover all loan payments on these SBA loans, including principal, interest, and fees, for six months. This relief...

Benefit Plan Provisions in the CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), a $2.3 trillion aid package designed to help the economy as it suffers from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, contains several provisions that affect employee benefit plans. Key provisions as...