The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has been granted $15,000 to provide emergency aid to small businesses in the area.
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has launched the Emergency Economic Relief Grants Program aimed at assisting Hispanic chambers of commerce and small-business owners that have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The target of the program is to provide minority-owned businesses with access to the information, resources and funds that they need to get through the coronavirus crisis.
The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber will distribute the funds to local minority-owned businesses.
Those who wish to apply will be asked to describe the nature of their financial emergency how the microgrant will be used. Those who qualify will be given grants of up to $2,500. To qualify, the company must have less than 25 employees and be exclusively located in Tarrant County.