- Small Businesses Relief Grant
- Scoring Criteria
Max score = 100 points
1. Capacity: At what capacity has your business been operating since March 16, 2020? (max 20 points available)
- Completely shut down and still closed – 20 points
- Shut down (reopened at limited capacity) – 12 points
- Shut down (reopened to normal capacity) –8 points
- Remained open (limited capacity) – 4 points
- Remained open (normal capacity) – 0 points
2. Employees: How many full and part time employees did you have in 2020? (max 30 points available):
- Between 1-20 – 30 points
- Between 21-40 – 20 points
- Between 41-60 – 10 points
- Between 61-80 – 5 points
- Over 80 – 0 points
3. Revenue lost: Roughly what percentage of revenue has your business lost over the last six months compared to the same time in 2019? (max 20 points available)
- 76-100% - 20 points
- 51-75% - 12 points
- 26-50% - 8 points
- Less than 25% - 4 point
4. Jobs: Roughly what percentage of jobs will be retained or created in the next year? (max 30 points available)
- 76% or more – 30 points
- 51% -75% – 20 points
- 50% - 25% – 10 points
- 24% or less– 5 points
Economic Development team will verify business eligibility based on self-reported data submitted in the application for the eligibility criteria set forth in the program guidelines.
Staff will review eligible applications based upon 4 criteria.
- Capacity
- Number of Employees in 2020
- Revenue Lost
- Jobs retained or created
Grant amounts will be determined based on a business’s overall score rank in relation to all applications received as well as the number of applications received.
Final grant amounts will not exceed a business’s financial need as determined using the following factors:
- Operating expenses for the next 90 days
- Projected revenue for the next 90 days