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Emergency Assistance Eligibility Wizard

The COVID-19 outbreak is causing extraordinary disruption for companies and non-profits across the Garden State. New Jersey wants to make it easy for organizations to understand what support programs are available to you to help stabilize your operations and get back on a pathway to growth.

This is a beta version of the Eligibility Wizard that focuses on newly announced State Emergency Assistance programs and the SBA disaster loan program. We will be updating it regularly as new federal, state, local, and philanthropic programs become available.

Asistente de Elegibilidad de Asistencia para Emergencias

El brote de COVID-19 está causando trastornos extraordinarios para las empresas y organizaciones sin fines de lucro en todo el estado de New Jersey. Es el deseo de New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) facilitar que las organizaciones comprendan qué programas de apoyo están disponibles para ayudarlas a estabilizar sus operaciones y reanudar su crecimiento.

Esta es una versión beta del Asistente de Elegibilidad que se centra en los programas estatales de asistencia para emergencias recientemente anunciados y el programa de préstamos por desastre de la U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Lo actualizaremos regularmente a medida que estén disponibles nuevos programas federales, estatales, locales y filantrópicos.


Included programs
Programas incluidos
  • State Emergency Support Programs Programas estatales de asistencia para emergencias
    • Emergency Assistance Guarantee Program
    • NJ Entrepreneur Support Program
    • NJHMFA Small Landlord Emergency Grant (SLEG) Program
    • Financial relief on existing NJEDA obligations
    • Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 4
    • Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 1 (CLOSED)
    • Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 2 (CLOSED)
    • Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 3 (CLOSED)
    • Emergency Assistance Loan Program (CLOSED)
    • Small Business Lease Emergency Assistance Grant Program (CLOSED)
  • Federal Programs Programas federales
    • Federal SBA Emergency Injury Disaster Loans
    • Federal SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance
    • SBA 7(a) Loan Program
    • Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans
    • Small Business Debt Relief Program
  • Other sources of emergency support Otras fuentes de asistencia para emergencias
    • Loans from a CDFI
    • Financing from a private bank

We’ll check your eligibility for these types of support based on the information you provide below.

Verificaremos su elegibilidad para estos tipos de asistencia en función de la información que proporcione a continuación.

Please answer all questions, then click "View Guide"

Responda todas las preguntas y, luego, haga clic en “Ver guía”

Based upon your feedback, you may be eligible for the following New Jersey programs. Según sus comentarios, usted puede ser elegible para los siguientes programas de New Jersey.

Based upon your feedback, you may be eligible for the following Federal Small Business Administration programs Según sus comentarios, usted puede ser elegible para los siguientes programas de la Federal Small Business Administration.

Disclaimer: As a courtesy, the NJEDA is offering this screening tool (the “Eligibility Wizard”) that lists emergency assistance programs that you may decide to consider based upon information you provide about your organization.

The Eligibility Wizard neither approves nor denies eligibility for programs, nor does it reserve any funding or a place in any application queue. It is the responsibility of your organization to fully assess your eligibility for any State or Federal assistance program. The full specifications for each State emergency assistance program are located on the COVID Business Information Hub: https://cv.business.nj.gov. If you have additional questions, please ask them in the chat feature of that website.

To apply for a program listed below, you need to apply through the appropriate administering agency. The administering agency will determine all eligibility requirements upon your submission of an application to that agency for the respective program.

Descargo de responsabilidad de NJEDA:

Como cortesía, NJEDA ofrece esta herramienta de evaluación (el “Asistente de Eligibilidad”) que enumera los programas de asistencia para emergencias que usted podría considerar, teniendo en cuenta la información que proporciona sobre su organización.

El Asistente de Elegibilidad no aprueba ni rechaza la elegibilidad para los programas, tampoco reserva fondos ni un lugar en ninguna lista de espera de solicitudes. Es responsabilidad de su organización evaluar de manera completa su elegibilidad para cualquier programa de asistencia estatal o federal. Las especificaciones completas de cada programa de asistencia para emergencias del estado se encuentran en el Centro de Información para Empresas sobre la COVID: https://cv.business.nj.gov. Si tiene más preguntas, comuníquese con ellos a través de la función de chat de ese sitio web (en este momento, solo disponible en inglés).

Si desea presentar una solicitud para el programa que se detalla a continuación, debe hacerlo a través de la agencia administradora correspondiente. La agencia administradora determinará todos los requisitos de elegibilidad en el momento en que usted envíe la solicitud a esa agencia para el respectivo programa.

Emergency Assistance Guarantee Program

Entrepreneur Guarantee Program

NJHMFA Small Landlord Emergency Grant (SLEG) Program

Financial relief on existing NJEDA obligations

Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 4

Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 1 (CLOSED)

Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 2 (CLOSED)

Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program - Phase 3 (CLOSED)

Emergency Assistance Loan Program (CLOSED)

Small Business Lease Emergency Assistance Grant Program (CLOSED)

Federal Small Business Administration programs you may be eligible for Programas de la Federal Small Business Administration para los cuales puede ser elegible

Federal Small Business Administration (SBA) Emergency Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)

Federal Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance

Federal 7(a) Loan

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans

Small Business Debt Relief Program

Additional financing options that you may be eligible for:

Loans from a CDFI

Financing from a private bank

Additional Business Support