Gadsden County opens American Rescue grants for residents, small businesses, non-profits, and churches

The Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners recently announced the opening of the grant application process for the Gadsden County American Rescue Plan.

Gadsden County will be receiving more than $8 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the $1.9 trillion federal American Rescue Plan.

“These much-needed funds will help put food on Gadsden Countians tables and assist businesses, churches, nonprofits, and healthcare organizations with expenses,” Commission Chairperson Brenda Holt said. “This money will help us make sure that our families do not fall apart and ensure that this county comes out of this pandemic stronger and better.”

The Gadsden County American Rescue Plan will also make grants available to local churches and nonprofits that either experienced a loss of revenue, or incurred additional costs due to the pandemic.

In addition, nonprofit healthcare organizations that provide services within the community such as medical, food, educational, or childcare services may also apply.

The program grants are as follows:

The Food Card Program will assist Gadsden County citizens who have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through direct or indirect effects.

This program will be eligible to citizens who were not otherwise eligible to receive food assistance through state-run programs (due to income exceeding the allowable state threshold), but still experiencing food scarcity in their residence.

Food cards provided will be based on the number of residents living in the applying household.

These cards will be purchased from food stores in Gadsden County.

The Small Business Assistance Program will assist Gadsden County’s local, small businesses with less restraint than the CARES Program guidelines.

This program will assist small businesses that have experienced a loss of revenue or increased expenditures due to COVID-19; and the pandemic’s economic impact on the community.

In this new Small Business Assistance Program, a qualifying business can be a home-based business or a brick-and-mortar type business.

With the focus on small businesses, the applicant must have less than 100 employees and not be a publicly-traded company or its subsidiary.

The Nonprofit Organization Assistance Program will assist nonprofit organizations located in Gadsden County.

The nonprofit organization must be able to demonstrate that the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected the delivery of the goods, services, or programs that the organization provides to the Gadsden County community.

Funding will be available for the nonprofits that aided in the testing, vaccination, and other activities associated with COVID-19 and who are not registered or operating as a nonprofit healthcare provider.

The Non-Profit Healthcare Organization Assistance Program will assist healthcare-related nonprofits in Gadsden County that COVID-19 has impacted.

All non-profit healthcare organizations that apply will have had to provide the following services within the healthcare community: medical, food, educational, or childcare services.

The Gadsden County Church/Religious Organization Assistance Program will assist local churches and religious organizations in Gadsden that have been financially impacted by COVID 19 - either through a loss of revenue or the culmination of additional costs to the church or organization.

“There have been so many people who have lost their regular incomes in this pandemic that we felt it was critical to get help to the people of Gadsden County,” County Administrator Edward Dixon said. “There are also a number of organizations and those in the faith community that stepped up in a big way to help residents, even though they didn’t have many resources to begin with.”

Residents, organizations, and businesses will need to provide documentation such as a driver’s license or utility bill for proof of residence, and other items documenting their lost income or nonprofit status when they apply for the grants.

The requirements for use of this funding for assistance to Gadsden County residents, small businesses, and non-project organizations are far less stringent than the previous federal and state guidelines under the CARES Act.

The county believes that this streamlined effort will enable faster distribution to those in need.

A Gadsden County applicant/organization can only qualify and receive funding through one program under the Gadsden County American Rescue Plan Programs.

“With less complicated requirements and a focus on outreach to the community, this direct assistance program will help Gadsden County residents, community groups, and small businesses that have experienced a loss of revenue or increased their expenditures due to COVID-19 and the pandemic’s economic impact on the community,” said community leader and local pastor Willie C. Green.

These programs will be presented, and technical assistance will be provided during countywide workshops and presentations over the next three months.

All Gadsden Rescue grants will be provided on a “first qualified, first-served” basis.

Gadsden County residents, organizations and businesses can apply by visiting gadsdenrescue.com or by picking up a paper application at the Butler Government Building, which is located at 9 East Jefferson Street, in Quincy.

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