LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Disaster assistance is available to help businesses recover from the effects of the Valley fire, which burned more than 76,000 acres in south Lake County.
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is partnering with several resources to provide federal disaster loans to businesses, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters.
California Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) are providing a multitude of services, at no charge, to help small businesses impacted by the disaster.
Services include counseling for financial, accounting, marketing and other post-disaster challenges; management and technical assistance; business planning to help business owners re-establish their operations and plan for their future; help in reconstructing damaged and destroyed business records; assistance with updating or rewriting business plans; and assistance with accessing government contracts and procurement related to the disaster.
The Capital Region SBDC in Sacramento may be contacted at 916-319-4268; or visit www.capitalregionSBDC.com . For an appointment in your area, call or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Napa-Sonoma SBDC in Napa may be contacted at 707-256-7250; visit www.napasonomasbdc.org ; or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC), through a cooperative agreement with SBA has 15 organizations participating as VBOCs designed to provide entrepreneurial development, business training, counseling and mentoring for eligible veterans who own or are starting a small business.
The VBOC in Sacramento may be contacted at 916-527-8400; or visit www.vboicix.org .
SCORE, a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses, has experts in virtually every area of business management to mentor small businesses.
Mentors are available to help small businesses with their disaster recovery at no charge for individual and team counseling.
Services include free online disaster preparedness/recovery resources at www.score.org/disaster-preparedness-recovery ; matching volunteer business-management mentors with clients in need of expert advice; in-depth counseling and training with small business owners and managers; help to identify business problems, determine the causes and find solutions: and maintaining a confidential and personal relations.
North Coast SCORE may be contacted at 707-571-8342 or www.northcoast.score.org .
Women's Business Centers (WBCs) provide technical training and counseling to women and others who are currently in business or thinking about starting a business.
Assistance is targeted to meet specific needs whether a beginner or seasoned entrepreneur.
The following WBCs are established: California Capital, in Sacramento, 916-442-1729, www.sba.gov/women ; West Company, in Fort Bragg, 707-964-7571, www.westcompany.org ; Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, in San Francisco, 415-541-8580; Anew America WBC/Anew America Community Corporation, in Berkeley, 510-540-7785, Extension 301.
Assistance, resources available to businesses impacted by Valley fire
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