The County of Plumas (County) offers its Microenterprise Business Assistance and Recovery Grant Program (Program) to provide financial assistance to legal operating private for profit microenterprise businesses in the unincorporated areas of Plumas County and within the City of Portola city limits who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Donor Name: County of Plumas
State: California
County:
City: Portola
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $50,000
Details:
The Program is made possible with Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) through the Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Aid (CDBG-CV) program of the US Housing and Urban Development (HUD). To promote economic stability and to assist with eligible business expenses, the Program offers a one-time grant of up to $50,000 per microenterprise business that has been negatively impacted by COVID-19. CDBG regulations provide the following definition of a microenterprise business.
Objectives
As a recipient of this funding, the County, and the grantee (i.e., microenterprise businesses) are required to meet a HUD National Objective as stated in the CDBG statutes. The County of Plumas Program is intended to comply with the microenterprise activity National Objective through the limited clientele (LMC) criteria for benefits to low- or moderate-income households (LMI) if the microenterprise owner(s) qualify as LMI.
To be eligible for the grant and in certifying LMI status through LMC criteria, the microenterprise owner’s adjusted gross income cannot exceed $46,950.1 Such income includes wages, salaries, unemployment, assets, disabilities, and pensions.
Eligibility Criteria
Only one application will be accepted per applicant, even if the applicant has multiple microenterprises within the County. Microenterprise businesses interested in applying and receiving funding must meet all requirements to establish eligibility, as outlined below:
- Microenterprise is located within the County of Plumas, either in the unincorporated areas of the County or within the City of Portola city limits
- Microenterprise is a for-profit business
- Microenterprise employs no more than five employees, one or more of whom are the business owner(s).
- Microenterprise owner must certify LMI status through LMC criteria.
- Microenterprise is required to register for a free Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number at SAM.gov website
For more information, visit County of Plumas.