Small businesses with Emergency Operations Center certified reopening plans and who have experienced financial impacts due to COVID-19 can apply for grants of up to 12,500 in funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. According to the release, the grants, through the County of Humboldt Small Business Restart & Recovery Grant (SBRR) […]
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Rent, Mortgage Relief Available for Qualifying County Residents
The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services has created the Humboldt County Eviction Prevention Program, which provides relief funding through the CARES Act for county residents who have fallen behind rent and mortgage payments since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March. Income qualified residents can receive up to $5,000 in payments directly to […]
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The Redwood Region Economic Development Commission Eureka to Receive a $5 Million CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is granting over $5.5 million in Recovery Assistance grants allocated by Congress in the CARES Act for Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) which provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout California’s second congressional district. According to the release, the […]
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Yurok Broadband Connect Project a ‘Game Changer’ for the Tribe
The Yurok Tribal Council recently approved a $2.1 million project to boost internet speeds and provide access to homes that have never been connected, according to an announcement today. The Yurok Connect Broadband Project received funding from the CARES Act and is expected to be completed by the end of the year, the release states. […]
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Humboldt State Contending with $20 Million Budget Shortfall
Contending with a projected $20 million budget shortfall, Humboldt State University is putting finishing touches on its spending plan — with reductions to be spread over the next two years — and more details are expected to be released in August. HSU’s budget director Amber Blakeslee writes in a letter to the campus community that […]
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College of the Redwoods Receives Humboldt Area Foundation Grant for DACA Students
Humboldt Area Foundation granted College of the Redwoods $20,000 to support the school’s DACA students, a.k.a. “Dreamers,” who are living in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. According to a release, the grant will provide $325 in direct payment stipends to each of CR’s DACA students, who were excluded […]
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Times Standard: Regional Health Care Providers get $28 Million Through CARES Act
The Times-Standard reports that Humboldt County healthcare providers have secured $28 million of relief funds from the federal government. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, of the $175 billion in relief funds for hospitals and health care providers, $28,810,095 has gone to 69 Humboldt County health care providers so far. The article […]
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Huffman Cites ‘Historic Crisis’ Explaining $3 Trillion Stimulus Vote
North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman joined 207 of his congressional colleagues yesterday in voting to approve the HEROES Act, a $3 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill. “America is facing a historic crisis,” Huffman said in a press release after voting for the bill, which comes after the $2 trillion CARES Act that Congress passed in late […]
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Are California Businesses Getting a Fair Share of Coronavirus Loans?
California businesses have received $66.6 billion in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans so far, about 13 percent of the nation’s total, according to federal loan data. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state’s businesses didn’t receive a proportional share of the federal money in the first round, but that it is now “punching above its weight” […]
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Huffman Applauds Relief Funding for Local Health Centers, Which Hope More is on the Way
North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman announced yesterday the awarding of more than $2 million in funding for local health centers through the $2 trillion CARES Act aimed at halting some of the economic fallout from COVID-19.. “This funding, successfully negotiated by Democrats in the recent CARES Act, is a huge win for our frontline health […]