Following the Biden Administration’s Major Disaster Declaration in the wake of severe winter storms, Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available for eligible businesses in Santa Clara County from the Small Business Administration (SBA).

 

Economic Injury Disaster Loans are working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period, which began on December 27, 2022.

 

More information including credit requirements, interest rates, loan terms and more are available in the SBA’s Fact Sheet.

 

Application Filing Deadline

October 16, 2023

 

Resources

Disaster Declaration Information

SBA Disaster Loan Application Portal

 

Questions

Call the SBA at 800-659-2955

Email the SBA at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Milpitas’ Office of Economic Development retained federally funded nonprofit employment and training agency NOVAworks to implement and execute the City’s COVID-19 Workforce Recovery Program known as Milpitas My Plan in a two phased approach in 2021 and 2022. The City Council approved $40,000 for the program to provide Milpitas residents with a suite of customized training workshops, assessments, career navigation and counseling to support their efforts in seeking new employment and enhancing career growth opportunities.

Program participants participated in career advisor meetings and workshops focused on personal assessments, career exploration, training options, resume development, job search strategies, interview fundamentals, and communication essentials that resulted in participants starting and interviewing for new jobs, negotiating salaries and enrolling in additional services with NOVAworks.

Visit the program homepage for full details and the final report.

 

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NOVA JOB CENTER

  • NOVA is committed to providing critical workforce development services to its customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. NOVA has created a special webpage during this pandemic with information about filing an unemployment insurance claim, job search assistance, resources on food, financial and mental health relief, list of
    companies that are hiring, and volunteer opportunities, among other community programs and services.

SILICON VALLEY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER 

  • The Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center provides expertise at no cost for small businesses related to access to capital, business trainings, marketing and promotions, and various other resources.

SILICON VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY (SVCE)

  • SVCE is helping small, medium and large businesses switch from polluting natural gas to clean electricity through advancing and investing in electric vehicle infrastructure and building electrification.
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Additional Resources

NOVA JOB CENTER

  • NOVA is committed to providing critical workforce development services to its customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. NOVA has created a special webpage during this pandemic with information about filing an unemployment insurance claim, job search assistance, resources on food, financial and mental health relief, list of
    companies that are hiring, and volunteer opportunities, among other community programs and services.

SILICON VALLEY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER 

  • The Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center provides expertise at no cost for small businesses related to access to capital, business trainings, marketing and promotions, and various other resources.

SILICON VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY (SVCE)

  • SVCE is helping small, medium and large businesses switch from polluting natural gas to clean electricity through advancing and investing in electric vehicle infrastructure and building electrification.
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

As businesses across the city of Milpitas find creative ways to grow and adapt their businesses during COVID-19, the Milpitas Small Business Spotlight program will provide an opportunity for 15 local small businesses to create a 90-second promotional video featuring their business. We have asked the community to nominate their favorite Milpitas-based small businesses and received over 60 nominations. On September 25th the Office of Economic Development held a lottery to select 15 businesses to be “in the Spotlight.” The promotional videos will be shown across the City’s social media channels and a copy of the video will be given to the selected business as well. The Spotlight program will showcase these videos over the next 12-15 months to continue supporting and promoting our local businesses. The names of the 15 selected businesses will be divulged after verifying they meet all eligibility requirements.

Link to video

The following 15 small businesses were selected to be in the Spotlight. Click on the link to watch their video: