From The Office of the Governor

In yesterday’s press conference, Governor Reynolds mentioned the “Essential Services” information. This document was produced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is available at https://www.cisa.gov/publication/guidance-essential-critical-infrastructure-workforce As a reminder, this is just guidance and is not currently being used in Iowa as a Shelter in Place order has not been implemented.

Small Business Loans

• Governor Reynolds has announced the creation of The Iowa Small Business Relief Fund. This provides grants from $5,000-$25,000 for small business having between 2 and 25 employees. The application is available at: https://www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/our-agency-detail-resources/6710. The application is currently available through March 31.

• Governor Reynolds announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a disaster declaration for the state of Iowa as of January 31, 2020 and continuing. The declaration allows pandemic-impacted small businesses to apply for low-interest support loans. The declaration comes after Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds submitted a federal funding request via the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.
o Applications can be made via the SBA’s website: https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/
o Applicants can monitor the status of their applications online after submission.
o For questions, please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center at 1-800-659-2955 (TTY: 1-800-877-8339) or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.
• Additional resources for businesses can be accessed at www.safeguardiowa.org

Governor Reynolds and DHS Director Garcia discuss child care at: https://www.facebook.com/IAGovernor/videos/150434152903935/

03-20-2020:

Governor Reynolds Statement 03-20-2020

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