Alabama SBA Working Capital Loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, 
small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that April 16 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Alabama as a result of the rainfall, wind, flooding, flash flooding and Tropical Storm Cindy from May 1 through June 30, 2017.
This disaster declaration includes the following counties: Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Dallas, Dekalb, Escambia Etowah, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, Saint Clair, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega,Tuscaloosa, Washington and Wilcox in Alabama.
Florida SBA Working Capital Loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that April 16 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties in Florida as a result of the rainfall, wind, flooding, flash flooding and Tropical Storm Cindy that occurred from May 1 through June 30, 2017.
“These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more primary counties in Alabama. The Small Business Administration recognizes that disasters do not usually stop at county or state lines. For that reason, counties adjacent to primary counties named in the declaration are included,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.
Georgia SBA Working Capital Loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that April 16 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Chattooga, Floyd and Polk counties, Georgia as a result of the rainfall, wind, flooding, flashing flooding and Tropical Storm Cindy that occurred from May 1 through June 30, 2017.
“These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more primary counties in Alabama. The Small Business Administration recognizes that disasters do not usually stop at county or state lines. For that reason, counties adjacent to primary counties named in the declaration are included,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.
NOTE: More Important Information an SBA Loans for Alabama/Florida/Georgia
Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible farm-related and nonfarm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of this disaster. With the exception of aquaculture enterprises, SBA cannot provide disaster loans to agricultural producers, farmers, or ranchers.
The loans are for working capital and can be up to $2 million with interest rates of 3.215 percent for eligible small businesses and 2.50 percent for nonprofit organizations, and terms up to
30 years.
Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at Disasterloan.sba.gov.
Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to disastercustomerservice@sba.gov. Loan applications can be downloaded from the SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/disaster. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
Completed loan applications must be returned to SBA no later than April 16, 2018.