Monday, August 1, 2022 - 11:33am By The Leader Staff

Kings County Board authorizes $6 million in small business grants

The Kings County Board of Supervisors recently authorized an additional $6 million in small business grant funding to be managed by the Kings County Economic Development Corp. and Job Training Office (EDC – JTO).

Applications for the funding will be distributed sometime in mid to late August, giving ample time for each business to prepare information and documents for submission. To qualify, a local business must:

Maintain a current and valid business license (if applicable)
Be a business that has been in operation prior to March 15, 2020, in Kings County
Have 200 or fewer full-time employees and,
Must be able to demonstrate financial hardship or decrease in year over hear gross receipts attributed to COVID-19.

Ineligible businesses include businesses with over 100 employees, non-profits, and businesses in the cannabis industry.

Please reach out to Kings County EDC – JTO front desk as they are compiling a list of those interested; notifications of application availability will be forthcoming (info.KingsJTO@co.kings.ca.us).