COVID-19: Extra Unemployment Money & Financial Assistance Grants
As the economy slowly re-opens, there’s no shortage of people seeking financial assistance after major personal, social, and business disruptions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In your efforts to cushion yourself from these relentless blows, beware of scams as you search the Internet for grants and relief packages to help you, your family, your business, and side hustles survive the devastating economic impacts of the coronavirus.
Start here instead…
Here are the top moneymaking resources you need now:
Click here to access financial aid resources and top grant funds for nonprofits, artists, individuals, families, immigrants, and businesses — further broken down by a national and state level.
1.) Are you a business that has lost your ability to generate steady revenue and pay your employees due to the global pandemic?
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· Forbes compiled a comprehensive list of grant and loans for small business here.
· Coronavirus Relief Options Across the U.S. (Nationwide, SBA and CARES Act funding options)
$100k from Facebook (Nationwide, cash and ad credits)
· Emergency Relief Funds, Covid-19 (Maryland)
$5k Grants for Female Entrepreneurs Only (GlobalGiving, The Red Backpack Fund)
2.) Are you a freelancer or other creative who has lost work/income due to the Covid-19 pandemic?
Here is compilation of relief funds, grants, and microgrants for musicians, writers, authors, performing artists (TV and film), nightlife workers, etc.
See if you’re eligible for the Freelancers Union relief fund here.
· Emergency Fund for Artists (Baltimore)
Note: My heart goes out to all the artists affected by the recent cancelation of Artscape 2020: Baltimore’s annual art festival, visited by over 300,00 people each year. Please contact me and I will share/promote your work virtually that week — July 17th-19th.
· Emergency Funds for Freelancers and Other Creatives (California, Bay Area)
3.) Are you a homeowner wondering how you’re going to keep up with your mortgage payments?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has everything you need to find relief right here.
4.) Some other important financial tips:
*Individuals seeking money, click here.
*401(K) penalties have been waived. Traditionally, you would have to take a 10% early-withdrawal penalty. The federal government has made it legal for qualified account holders to withdraw up to $100k, penalty-free during these unprecedented times.
*Hospital and health care workers and businesses with more than 500 employees are eligible for additional compensation/assistance. Ask a financial planner, accountant, or banker for further information.
*A second stimulus check bill could come as early as June, as 84% of Americans reported wanting a second check. And a whopping 94% support sending recurring monthly payments to those who have lost jobs or wages (until the pandemic ends).
According to a recent WalletHub poll from late April, 160 million Americans (and 64% of poll respondents) say they are three months away from running out of money, putting pressure on the Senate to get a second stimulus bill passed, in spite of Mitch McConnel’s reservations.
The Senate is in session until July 3, when they will go on a two-week break surrounding the July Fourth holiday. That gives them more than a month to offer new ideas or extract something from the pre-existing HEROES Act.
The first relief bill, the $2.1 trillion CARES Act, took 10 days from inception to getting it passed. Things will be trickier this time around, as the Majority Leader has a laundry list of concerns about adding trillions more to the federal deficit.
In the meantime, you may want to reach out to your senators regarding specific proposals aimed at putting more money in your pocket ASAP. Find out exactly how much money you and your family could receive (and what bills you may want to support in order to help make that happen faster) by unlocking this exclusive Brainwash content here.
And here’s what your bank is doing to help mitigate this crisis, according to Billy Fay at debt.org.
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*Subscribers can click here to see exactly how their banks are willing to help out during these unprecedented hardships — including mortgage forgiveness packages and special loan and credit card options.
