Coronavirus Information Update

Posted: August 11, 2020

STATE INFORMATION
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced that its board has approved the use of $15.3 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Emergency Security (CARES) Act funding to provide grants through the authority’s Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program to businesses located in 12 New Jersey counties that did not receive direct allocations of CARES Act funding from the federal government. The funds will be added to the more than $100 million the NJEDA is currently administering to support COVID-19-impacted businesses. The additional $15.3 million approved for use today will go toward fulfilling eligible Phase 2 grant applications from businesses located in the 12 New Jersey counties that did not receive direct CARES Act funding allocations from the federal government: Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren.