The following are resources for businesses and individuals to assist them in navigating through the current economic environment.

Press Releases

• ICBA and ESSA Bank & Trust: Insured Deposits Are Safe at a Community Bank
• PA's Banks and Credit Unions Committed to Providing Essential Services to Consumers and Businesses During COVID-19 Health Emergency: Financial Institutions Are Safest Place to Keep Funds During Crisis

Unemployment Assistance

• Assistance for employers and employees
• File an initial claim for unemployment
• Video walk-through of steps of filing for unemployment
• Employer UC & COVID-19 FAQs

Financial Help for your Pennsylvania Business

• Updated list from the Governor’s office of Life-Sustaining and Non-Life-Sustaining businesses
• Apply for a waiver to keep your business open
• Loan program (up to $100,000 per business available) for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 under the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority’s (PIDA) Small Business First Fund and the COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program (CWCA)
• PA Small Business Development Center (SBDC) training events (webinars for disaster recovery, applying for loans, and more)
• If you own a business and had to close either temporarily, considering layoffs, or believe you are financially at-risk for permanent closure, the Rapid Response Assistance Program is available to you and your employees

Federal Help for Your Business

• SBA disaster loan training webinars for small business (offered daily)

Cybersecurity

• FTC: Avoid Coronavirus Scams
• FTC: Coronavirus Scams, Part 2 (undelivered goods, fake charities, fake emails/texts/phishing, robocalls, and rumors)
• FTC: Coronavirus: Scammers follow the headlines
• Cofense.com: Coronavirus Phishing: Keep calm. Don't click. (real email examples)
• Cofense.com: 5 Signs a Coronavirus Email is a Phish (infographic)

More Resources

• SBA: COVID-19 Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
• PA DCED: COVID-19 Business Resources
• CDC: Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to COVID-19