Programs specifically targeting small businesses can provide financial assistance to restaurants, food distributors, and other food industry operations struggling with a lack of customers, reduced orders, or other challenges impacting revenue post-disaster.
| Agency & Program Name | Type of Program & Funding Source | Phase Available | Critical Program Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOC / EDA: Economic Adjustment Assistance | Grant Annual Supplemental | Intermediate Long-Term | EDA EAA program grants and cooperative agreements are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities. EDA's EAA program can support strategy (planning) grants to assist impacted regions with market studies, feasibility studies, supply chain mapping, and related projects to support manufacturing capacity and supply chain resiliency. Additional eligible activities include construction, non-construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s EAA programs. |
| HUD: Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery | Grant Supplemental | Long-Term | HUD provides flexible grants to help local governments, states and tribes to recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low- and moderate-income areas, subject to the availability of supplemental appropriations. Eligible activities may include acquisition, financing, rehabilitation, reconstruction, or construction of housing, as well as housing counselling and other activities. This particular activity may be eligible as part of an eligible rehabilitation activity (repairs alone are generally not eligible). This funding can be used as cost share for other federal programs, including FEMA programs. |