April 27, 2020<\/p>\n
\nSBA Resumes Accepting PPP Applications<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will accept applications for the second round of funding of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) from lenders beginning Monday, April 27th at 10:30 am. It is critically important that small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic work with their lender to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program as soon as possible. Businesses can access the SBA\u2019s Find A Lender tool at\u00a0https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/paycheckprotection\/find<\/a>.<\/p>\n Additionally, using SBA data, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development has published this list (https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/ppp-eligible-lenders-and-first-round-participants-sba-data<\/a>) of institutions that provided loans to Massachusetts companies in the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program. The list also includes all entities that appeared on the SBA\u2019s approved lenders list, which was last updated on April 13, 2020.<\/p>\n Any small businesses in need of application translation services or other technical assistance should access Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation\u2019s online resources, including a list of technical assistance providers who can help businesses apply for PPP in languages other than English:\u00a0https:\/\/empoweringsmallbusiness.org\/resources\/covid-19-small-business-resources<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n COVID-19 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n FEMA has announced that $100 million will be available for the Fiscal Year 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant – COVID-19 Supplemental Program (AFG-S) to help provide personal protective equipment to firefighters and first responders who are managing emergencies during the coronavirus pandemic. The application period will be open from Tuesday, April 28th at 8am to Friday, May 15th at 5pm. Interested applicants can begin preparing applications by reviewing guidance materials here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/welcome-assistance-firefighters-grant-program<\/a><\/p>\n \n Stimulus Payments for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The IRS has released guidance with the specific goal of clarifying that homeless populations likely qualify for a stimulus payment, stressing that they may need to register utilizing the Non-Filers Tool here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/coronavirus\/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here<\/a>. Information such as a driver\u2019s license number or bank account information are optional, not required.<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/b>Second round of funding and required testing for nursing facilities<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The administration is releasing a second round of up to $130 million in funding for two months for nursing homes that meet specific requirements and accountability measures. The funding is dependent on required COVID-19 testing of all staff and residents, regular infection control audits, appropriate allocation of funding and the public release of facility performance and funding use.<\/p>\n The Commonwealth will offer support for temporary staffing assistance for all nursing homes in need. This includes clinical response teams of 120 nurses and CNAs deployed in teams of 10 during emergency situations, crisis management support and deployment of the Massachusetts National Guard. These efforts will be supported by a centralized infection control performance improvement center established by the Massachusetts Senior Care Association.<\/p>\n Further details about this second round of funding available for nursing facilities include:<\/p>\n \n Facilities will be scored into three ratings: in adherence (green), in adherence but warrants inspection (yellow) and not in adherence (red).<\/p>\n The full release about nursing home accountability and support is here: https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/covid-19-nursing-facility-accountability-and-support\/download<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Increased Support for Residential Congregate Care Service Providers<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The administration is providing a second phase of increased funding \u2013 $44 million \u2013 across purchase of service residential congregate care service providers during the COVID-19 outbreak. This funding builds on the $95 million in increased funding announced on March 30, bringing the total funding for these providers to $139 million, and will support increased staffing costs, infection control and PPE.<\/p>\n To mitigate many residential congregate care service providers\u2019 expenses related to the COVID-19 surge, Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) agencies will increase the monthly reimbursement for May and June services for an additional 15%, in addition to the previously announced 10% increase. Further support to address provider needs during the surge include mobile COVID-19 testing expansion and coordination with MEMA to provide PPE to providers.<\/p>\n EOHHS agencies work with 238 residential service providers throughout the Commonwealth to ensure the health and well-being of over 20,500 individuals reflecting diverse populations, including children, youth and families, and individuals with physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disabilities and survivors of domestic and sexual violence.<\/p>\n The full release on congregate care support can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/congregate-care-support-one-pager-april-2020\/download<\/a><\/p>\n \nDHCD Guidance on evictions and foreclosures moratorium<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n DHCD has issued guidance for landlords and tenants in accordance with the new law on evictions and foreclosures.<\/p>\n All of the guidance can be found here:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/lists\/moratorium-on-evictions-and-foreclosures-forms-and-other-resources#emergency-regulations-<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n MassHealth Issues Bulletin on the Temporary Expansion of Home Health Aide Services<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n In light of the state of emergency declared in the Commonwealth due to the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, MassHealth is introducing additional flexibilities for the provision of home health aide services to MassHealth members who have an existing prior authorization for Personal Care Attendant (PCA) services.<\/p>\n For the duration of the state of emergency,\u00a0 MassHealth will permit home health agencies to provide home health aide services to MassHealth members with an existing prior authorization for PCA services when a member is experiencing a disruption in receipt of PCA services due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n The bulletin can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/home-health-agency-bulletin-57-temporary-expansion-of-home-health-aide-services-0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 27, 2020 FEDERAL UPDATES SBA Resumes Accepting PPP Applications The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will accept applications for … <\/i>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senatorwaltertimilty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}BAKER ADMINISTRATION UPDATES<\/b><\/h2>\n
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