Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grants
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has announced that the Minnesota Small Business Relief Grants Program will begin accepting applications on Tuesday, June 23. This program will provide $10,000 grants to small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees are eligible. Half of the funding will go to businesses in Greater Minnesota and half to businesses in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, as required by law. All applications will be run through the State of Minnesota website. Information about the program can be found at the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation on their Grants page, COVID-19 Resource page, or Facebook page,
Small Business Relief Grants Videos in available in several languages: Spanish video and Somali video.