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State Resources:

Stakeholder Announcement: USDA Implements Immediate Measures to Help Rural Residents, Businesses and Communities Affected by COVID-19 *Updated April 15, 2020

  • WASHINGTON, April 15, 2020 – USDA Rural Development has taken a number of immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Rural Development will keep our customers, partners, and stakeholders continuously updated as more actions are taken to better serve rural America.

California State Treasurer Fiona Ma's Small Business Resource List 

OnwardCa.org 

  • A new platform connecting displaced California workers with more than 70,000 job opportunities in critical industries.

USDA COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide

COVID-19 Top Resources for Employers (CalChamber)

CA Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) FAQ on COVID-19 for Employers

CA Labor & Workforce Development Agency - Resources for Employers and Workers

CA Employment Development Department Work Sharing Program

  • Information about how employers can apply Unemployment Insurance Work Sharing Program if reducing hours/production
  • An alternative to Layoffs

Rapid Response Services Fact Sheet for Businesses facing mass layoffs or closures

Labor & Workforce Development Agency, COVID-19 Resource for Employers and Workers

See what CA Governor Deems Essential Business

The Metro Chamber, in partnership with the Sacramento Asian Chamber, has launched a Rapid Response Business Triage Hotline: 1-833-391-1919

Staffed with trained agents in English, Spanish, and Asian Languages, this hotline is available M-F from 8am-4pm with voicemail capabilities 24/7. Callers may connect to a person who can answer general small business questions, provide basic HR and Legal resources, and navigate borrowers
through financing options including the SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program.