Applications submitted are now being reviewed and processed. Applicants will be notified of a grant award or ineligibility by December 30, 2020
Earlier this summer, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court allocated $30 million in CARES Act funding for a Small Business Assistance Grant program to assist Small Businesses within Tarrant County, but outside the City of Fort Worth (the City of Fort Worth has separate CARES Act funding allocated for Small Businesses within Fort Worth municipal boundaries).
Grant applications for the initial round of funding opened on June 22,2020 and closed on July 6, 2020. The review and awarding of these initial applications is now complete. Through the first round of funding, Tarrant County has provided 2,196 small businesses with grant awards totaling $17.6 million of the original $30 million designated for the program.
In order to assist additional Small Businesses in our community, a second round of applications for the Small Business Assistance Grants are now being accepted.
The Tarrant County Small Business Assistance Grant program is designed to provide financial assistance to very small businesses located and operating in Tarrant county (outside the City of Fort Worth) that have been adversely affected by the current COVID-19 public health emergency and most likely have found it difficult to apply and access other federal grants or loans through the SBA or traditional banks and lending institutions. This grant program is aimed at assisting small businesses with the costs of business interruption caused by required closures. The dollar amount of individual grants will be determined by the financial information provided, the number of eligible grant applications received and the funding pool available, with no individual grant being more than $10,000.
Grant funding is limited to businesses who meet certain criteria, including:
For the Second Round of funding, independently owned and operated (non-franchisor owned) franchise businesses have now been included as an eligible business.
Businesses/Owners receiving a previous Tarrant County Small Business Assistance grant award will NOT be eligible for another grant award in the second round. Owners with more than one business who received grant funding for a business in the first round will NOT be eligible to receive grant funds for a different business in the second round.
For all eligibility criteria, PLEASE FULLY REVIEW the Grant Information and Requirements, listing of Ineligible Business Entities, Types of Allowable Expenses, and Documentation Required information before proceeding with completion of the Grant Application.
For assistance, go to GRANT ASSISTANCE or contact TCSBGrant@tarrantcounty.com
Download a copy of the Tarrant County Small Business Grants Program Guidelines for the Second Round of Assistance.
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