SBA Disaster Assistance Available to Private Non-Profit Organizations in Michigan
ATLANTA, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that certain Private Non-Profit Organizations in Michigan that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low interest rate disaster loans. These loans are the result of a Presidential disaster declaration for Public Assistance resulting from damages caused by flooding between April 16 and May 14, 2013.
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PNPs located in Allegan, Baraga, Barry, Gogebic, Houghton, Ionia, Kent, Keweenaw, Marquette, Midland, Muskegon, Newaygo, Ontonagon, Osceola, Ottawa and Saginaw counties in Michigan that provide non-critical services are eligible to apply. Examples of eligible non-critical PNP organizations include, but are not limited to: food kitchens, homeless shelters, museums, libraries, community centers, schools and colleges.
"Private non-profit organizations will be notified about upcoming applicant briefings through communications coordinated by the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division," said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA Field Operations Center East. "It's very important that nonprofits send a representative to a briefing and complete a Request for Public Assistance form for their organization. They may be eligible for disaster assistance."
FEMA and the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division will then use the information from the Request for Public Assistance form to determine if the PNP provides an essential government service and meets the definition of a "critical facility." Based upon that conclusion, FEMA may provide the PNP with a Public Assistance reimbursement grant for their eligible costs or refer the PNP to SBA for disaster loan assistance.
PNP organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. The interest rate is 2.875 percent with terms up to 30 years. The SBA may increase a loan up to 20 percent of the total amount of disaster damage to real estate and/or leasehold improvements, as verified by SBA, to make improvements that lessen the risk of property damage by future disasters of the same kind.
The SBA also offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital needs, such as ongoing operating expenses to PNP organizations of all sizes. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the organization suffered any physical property damage.
Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application via SBA's secure website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela. Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA's Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and
hard-of-hearing) or by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Loan applications can be downloaded from the SBA's website at www.sba.gov. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road,
Fort Worth, TX 76155.
The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is August 19, 2013. The deadline to return economic injury applications is March 18, 2014.
For more information about the SBA's Disaster Loan Program, visit our website at www.sba.gov.
Contact: Michael Lampton
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (404) 331-0333
Release Number: 13-600, MI 13625/13626
SOURCE U.S. Small Business Administration
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