Heritage Ohio Disaster Relief Resources

All federal agencies are working together to protect public health, including the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBA's top priority is to ensure Ohio small businesses – which total nearly 950,000 – can continue their contributions to the state’s economy, and our nation.

Small Business Administration (SBA) is working directly with Governor DeWine’s office to facilitate a disaster declaration from the SBA for businesses to be eligible for Economic Injury Disaster loans. To expedite this process, we need your help in disseminating the Disaster Loan Declaration Form for businesses to fill out. Once you have done so, please email the completed forms to james.laipply@development.ohio.gov.

Once that declaration is made and the SBA has confirmed it, the agency will be able to provide Economic Injury Disaster Loans of up to $2 million per small business to assist with economic recovery.

SBA Disaster Assistance Response to the Coronavirus HERE, Spanish version HERE

Please feel free to send out the attached handouts as well as the below links to disaster assistance:

·  Disaster Preparedness Factsheet (English | Spanish)

·  Disaster Mitigation Factsheet (English | Spanish)

·  Disaster Assistance Loans: Businesses & Nonprofits (English | Spanish)

·  Disaster Assistance Loans: Homeowners & Renters (English | Spanish)

·  Disaster Assistance Loans: Community Impact (English | Spanish)

The SBA will continue to support small businesses through this difficult time, and we urge them to visit www.sba.gov/coronavirus and follow @SBA_Columbus on Twitter or sign up for our newsletter for more updates.

We sincerely appreciate your help in this effort.

For detailed information on SBA programs for the coronavirus, visit www.sba.gov/coronavirus and for information on all federal programs, visit  www.usa.gov/coronavirus  or  www.gobierno.usa.gov/coronavirus  (en Español).

Thank you