Help for Small Businesses in VA

Summary of Keypoints

• State support announcement: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam released Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Rapid Response funding to support Northern Virginia businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
• Program purpose: The funding is intended to help employers remain open, avert layoffs, and reduce unemployment duration by supporting operational continuity during the emergency.
• Eligibility criteria: Northern Virginia businesses with fewer than 250 employees are eligible to apply for grants of up to $25,000.
• Allowable uses of funds: Grants may be used for cleaning and sanitization services, remote-work software, laptops or smartphones, and other innovative methods that help keep employees working.
• Next steps: Businesses are directed to the Northern Virginia Workforce Development website for additional program details and application information.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam released Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Rapid Response funding to support Northern Virginia employers to remain open during this emergency. The funds are intended to assist local employers to avert layoffs and support other operational needs.  These strategies and activities are designed to prevent, or minimize the duration of, unemployment resulting from layoffs due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Northern Virginia businesses with less than 250 employees are eligible to apply for up to $25,000 in grants.

Acceptable use of funds include:

• a cleaning/sanitization service.
• the purchase of software/programs that employees would need to use from home to support their work.
• the purchase of remote access supplies, including laptop computers and/or smart phones, which the employees would need to use from home to support their work.
• other innovative methods that keep businesses open and workers employed

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