This page hosts Hawaiʻi-based and federal US resources for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hawaiʻi Resources
- State offering $10 Million in innovation grants for PPE supply chain for Hawaii small businesses
- Deadline to apply: October 26, 2020
- More information: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/09/19/state-offers-small-businesses-million-grants-help-with-ppe-demand/
- Oʻahu Back to Work
- The University of Hawaiʻi is offering free job training so Oʻahu residents are ready for the jobs that local companies are looking to fill today. Eight UH campuses are offering nearly 100 different training opportunities from October – December 2020.
- Hawaiʻi State Department of Health – COVID-19
- Information & Resources: Managing COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi
- One Oahu – City and County of Honolulu
- Community resilience is the ability to survive, adapt, and thrive no matter what challenges we face. COVID-19 is a challenge we can and will meet together as one Oahu.
- Hawaiʻi Pacific Health COVID-19 hotline
- The hotline is intended to “help employers figure out how to handle coronavirus in workplace”. Read more.
- Tel. no: 808-763-2720
- Line is open from 4am–7pm (HST) daily.
- Restaurants: List your Business on Food-a-Gogo
- Your Restaurant Social Media Guide from Food-A-Go-Go
“With take-out and delivery being the main channel for delivery since the Coronavirus pandemic, establishing a digital presence and building a virtual community around a restaurant brand will be more important. Here is a basic guide of how to get started or improve your optimizing your current account!”
- Your Restaurant Social Media Guide from Food-A-Go-Go
- Buy Hawaiʻi, Give Aloha Portal
- “The state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism has launched a website called Buy Hawaiʻi, Give Aloha to highlight local businesses that sell online to the public. Though anyone anywhere can use Buy Hawaiʻi, Give Aloha, it is designed to help kamaʻāina discover and buy from local businesses that sell authentic made-in-Hawaiʻi products, and for local businesses that sell online to find new customers.” Read more.
- $10M in federal relief money to go to nontourism jobs in Hawaii (Star Advertiser, August 23, 2020)
US Federal Resources
- Small Business Relief and Recovery Fund
- Purpose is to reimburse small businesses for costs incurred from business interruption due to Emergency Proclamations and help small businesses implement safety precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19
- CARES Act & SBA Funding Programs
- The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides direct economic assistance for American workers and families and small businesses.
- Coronavirus Tax Relief for Businesses and Tax-Exempt Entities
- Information on coronavirus (COVID-19) tax relief for businesses and tax-exempt entities.