From Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri faces unprecedented times due to the impacts of COVID-19. Here at the Department of Economic Development, we recognize that many of the low-income, at-risk citizens your organizations work with will be hit the hardest and be the first to lose employment. With that in mind, we wanted to direct your attention to the Missouri Now Hiring website (https://missourionestart.com/now-hiring/). Missouri One Start is connecting unemployed workers to essential companies who are staffing up to meet increased demand for their products and services. There you will find a list of companies that are hiring right now. This site takes workers directly to the hiring/application pages of the respective companies. The list is updated on an ongoing basis, so checking back daily is advised. Please link your clients in-need to this website so our workers can make it past this situation as painlessly as possible.
We also want to make sure you are aware of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that recently passed Congress. Nonprofits may be eligible for a number of programs including disaster and paycheck protection loans (https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/paycheck-protection-program) which have forgivable options. If your organization is struggling with aspects like keeping employees on payroll, we encourage you to look into these resources.
There are also several webinar trainings coming up the Small Business Administration’s Disaster Relief Loans, and you (or perhaps clients you work with) can register at this link (https://www.eventbrite.com/o/sba-12747584804).
