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Small Businesses and COVID-19: Relief and

Assistance Resources



April  1, 2020

This CRS Insight presents selected websites and CRS products potentially relevant to small businesses
that are directly affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and seeking economic
relief and assistance.
For an analysis of the small business provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act, enacted on March 27, 2020, see CRS Report R46284, COVID-19 Stimulus Assistance to
Small Businesses: Issues and Policy Options, by Robert Jay Dilger, Bruce R. Lindsay, and Sean Lowry.
For a list of all CRS products related to COVID-19, see the CRS COVID-19 Resources page.


Selected Resources

Small  Business Administration
The Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Coronavirus (COVID-19) resource page provides
information on new assistance programs established by the CARES Act. Businesses may contact local
SBA  district offices with questions about when new assistance programs will become available.
SBA  economic injury disaster loans are low-interest loans available to eligible small businesses, small
agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, nonprofit
organizations in declared disaster areas. See CRS Report R44412, SBA Disaster Loan Program:
Frequently Asked Questions, by Bruce R. Lindsay, and CRS Insight IN 11232, SBA Economic Injury
Disaster Loans for COVID-19, by Bruce R. Lindsay.
SBA  also continues to offer a number of nondisaster loans and grants for small businesses and
organizations. For more information, contact local SBA affiliates:
      SBA district offices
      Small Business Development Centers
      Other SBA-affiliated resource partners


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