SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will open Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) in New Orleans on Thursday, Jan. 9, to assist businesses and residents who sustained economic losses from the mass casualty incident that began Jan. 1.
“SBA’s Business Recovery Centers are a cornerstone of our support for business owners,” said Francisco Sánchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. “At these centers, business owners can meet face-to-face with specialists to apply for disaster loans and access a wide range of resources to guide them through their recovery.”
Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program is available to eligible small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, nurseries, and PNPs that suffered financial losses directly related to this disaster. The SBA is unable to provide disaster loans to agricultural producers, farmers, or ranchers, except for aquaculture enterprises.
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