CareerSource South Florida (CSSF) announces the COVID-19 Layoff Aversion Fund, designed to support small businesses and/or community-based organizations (CBOs) within Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties facing financial impacts and potential layoffs from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The fund provides grants to eligible small businesses and/or CBOs affected by the Public Health Emergency Declaration.
Click here to apply: Applications must be submitted no later than June 30, 2020.
Recipients may receive up to $10,000.00 from the COVID-19 Layoff Aversion Fund 30 calendar days following the expiration of Executive Order 20-51 or until funds are exhausted, whichever occurs first.
The following scale will be utilized to award grants:
- 3–10 full-time employees up
to $5,000.00 - 11–25 full-time employees up
to $7,500.00 - 26–50 full-time employees up
to $10,000.00
For additional information on eligibility requirements, visit http://www.careersourcesfl. com/LayoffAversion_MDBC/.