New round of grants begins

Grants for 10 categories of businesses are available through Kansas Department of Commerce.

The department will give $130 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund of the federal CARES Act. Grants are available for both non-profit and for-profit businesses.

Available grants include:

• Emergency response grants for businesses that provide connectivity.
• Broadband partnership adoption grants.
• Small business working capital grants.
• Securing local food systems grants.
• Personal protective equipment procurement grants.
• Personal protective equipment manufacturing grants.
• Manufacturing technical education grants.
• COVID-19 bioscience product development acceleration grants.
• Domestic supply chain fortification grants.
• IT, cybersecurity and IT project management grants.

To qualify, businesses must have operated on or before July 1, 2019, not have gotten more than $350,000 in other COVID relief, and must prove 25% or more loss in revenue because of the virus.

Application can be made online on the KDOC website.