CARES Act, additional money available for small businesses

Rep. Marty Wilde

COVID-19 has struck the nonprofits and small businesses that serve our communities, just as it has so many of our neighbors. The uncertainties of the length of the crisis make it particularly difficult to make plans and take care of employees.

Fortunately, the recently passed CARES Act provides substantial resources, including free counseling, federal funding for the cost of retaining employees, cash grants, debt relief for existing Small Business Administration debtors, and…