October 23, 2020 - The Workforce Development Board of San Luis Obispo (WDB SLO) County has established the COVID-19 Small Business Grant Fund in order to support local small business employers experiencing economic stress as a result of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Small Business Grant Fund was created to help provide some much-needed relief to the local small business community.

This grant program is aimed at assisting small businesses in San Luis Obispo County with 25 or fewer employees in preventing potential layoffs or facility closures which would occur due to the impacts of COVID-19.  
 

Examples of permissible use of the funds include, but are not limited to: 

• Purchasing remote access equipment or software that allows employees to work from home rather than being laid off (e.g. computers, printers, telephones, headsets, video conferencing software, etc.); 
• Purchasing cleaning/sanitation supplies and/or services that will allow exposure reduction as business begins to implement a re-opening plan; 
• Other creative approaches and strategies to reduce or eliminate the need for layoffs. 

Grant funds will be provided as a reimbursement for allowable purchases with a maximum award of $1,500 for businesses of 1-10 employees and a maximum award of $2,500 for businesses with 11-25 employees.

Details are included on the attached flyer and the application and guidelines can be found here and on the WDB website at SLOworkforce.com. 

Download the COVID-19 Small Business Grant guidelines and application. WDB SLO will be accepting applications until available funds are exhausted.

Submit completed applications and supporting documents via email to SLOworkforce@co.slo.ca.us.