Financial Relief Resources to Help Massage Therapists With Their Small Businesses
- Taylor Mascia
- April 01, 2020
Updated April 1st, 2020
This is a living document. We will update it with additional resources if and when they become available.
To learn more about how massage therapists and bodyworkers may qualify for state unemployment benefits due to the newly passed coronavirus relief bill in the United States, go here.
In this article, you will find links to small business resources that can financially help massage and bodywork professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak, including:
- Unemployment benefits information for United States and Canada
- Updates about massage and bodywork rules and regulations for each US state provided by American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP)
- Private sector and philanthropic programs and relief funds
- Official government information related to economic development and taxes
- Small Business Administration (SBA) by state/territory
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC) by state/territory
- Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) by province/territory
- Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) by province/territory
- Community Business Development Corporation (CBDC) by province/territory
Unemployment Benefits
- USA: Go here to find out information about unemployment benefits for US states, territories and Washington, D.C. Scroll down to the map on the page to select where you live.
- CAN: Go here to find out more information about unemployment benefits in for Canadian provinces and territories.
Professional Massage and Bodywork Organizations
- AMTA: To keep up with AMTA's COVID-19 information, go here.
- ABMP: To keep up with ABMP's COVID-19 information, go here.
Private Sector and Philanthropic
- Facebook Small Business Grants Program
- Amazon Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund
- Google Foundation $50M fund
- First Financial Bank
- Fifth Third Bank
- Boeing Employee Credit Union
US Federal Government
- SBA Disaster Assistance
- SBA COVID-19 Small Business Guidance
- America's Small Business Development Center
- IRS Tax Relief
- CARE Act Paycheck Protection Program
Alabama
- SBA District Office
- Small Business Development Center
- Small Business Hotline: (877)-825-7232
- State Tax Relief Info
Alaska
- Division of Economic Development
- SBA District Office
- Small Business Development Center
- Dept. of Revenue - Tax Division
American Samoa
Arizona
- SBA District Office
- Small Business Development Center
- Small Business Association
- Dept. of Revenue (Tax Dept.)
Arkansas
- Economic Development Commission
- SBA District Office
- Small Business and Technology Development Center
- Dept. of Finance and Administration Income Tax
California
- Office of Business & Economic Development (see Office of Small Business Advocate section)
- SBA District Offices:
- Small Business Development Center
- Small Business Association
- Dept. Tax and Fee Admin Tax Relief
- San Francisco Small Business Resiliency Fund
- Los Angeles Small Business Micro-loan Program
Colorado
- Office of Economic Development & International Trade
- SBA District Office
- Small Business Development Center
- Small Business Development Center Network
- Dept. of Revenue Taxation Division
- Denver Small Business Emergency Relief
Connecticut:
- Dept. of Economic & Community Development
- Small Business Development Center
- State Tax Relief Info
- CT Small Business Joint Info Center:
- Email: COVID19.JIC@ct.gov
- Phone: (860)-500-2333
- CT DECD has created an emergency response small business unit. More info here when it becomes available.
- CT Shared Work Program
- Regional:
Delaware
- Division of Small Business
- Small Business Development Center
- SB District Office
- Dept. Of Revenue Tax Relief
Florida
- Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program
- SBA District Offices:
- Florida SBDC Network
- Florida State Tax Info
- Email: COVID19TAXHELP@FloridaRevenue.com,
- Phone: (850) 488-6800
Georgia
- Dept. of Economic Development, Small Business Division
- SBA District Office
- Georgia SBDC
- Georgia Tax Center
- Phone: (877)-423-6711
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- Dept. of Revenue Tax Info
- Chicago Small Business Resiliency Fund
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Economic Development
- LED Twitter is updating w/ resources regularly
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax Info
Maine
- Governor of Maine (scroll to bottom of page for small business info)
- Finance Authority of Maine COVID-19 Relief Loan Programs
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- Revenue Services (Tax Dept.)
Maryland
- State Gov info for small businesses
- SBA District Office
- SBDC (scroll down homepage for COVID-19 info)
- State Tax Info
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Economic Development Corporation
- Dept. of Labor & Economic Opportunity COVID-19 resources
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax Info
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
- Dept. of Economic Development
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax info: Gov. Ricketts says tax deadlines are being reviewed and decision will be issued next week.
Nevada
- Governor's Office of Economic Development
- SBA District Office
- SBDC (Business Resiliency info on homepage)
- State Tax Info
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- Empire State Development
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- Dept. of Taxation & Finance
- NYC - 2 small business programs
- New York City Employee Retention Grant Program
- New York City Small Business Continuity Fund
North Carolina
- Dept. of Commerce Disaster Recovery
- Economic Development Partnership
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax info
North Dakota
- Development Fund
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax Info (deadline extended)
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
- State Gov economic support info
- Development Services Agency Grants, Loans, & Tax Credits
- SBA District Offices:
- SBDC
Oklahoma
- Dept. of Commerce
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- Tax Commission info (deadline extended)
Oregon
- Business Oregon (state agency)
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- Regional Assistance:
- State Tax info
Pennsylvania
- State Gov COVID-19 info for businesses
- State-Certified Economic Development Orgs
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax info (deadline extended)
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
- Dept. of Commerce, Business Support & Development
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- Division of Taxation COVID-19 info (deadline extended)
South Carolina
- Dept. of Commerce, COVID-19 Resource Center
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- Dept. of Revenue Tax info (deadline extended)
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Dept. of Economic & Community Development
- SBA District Office:
- SBDC
- Dept. of Revenue Tax info
Texas
- Governor's Office of Economic Development
- SBA District Office
- SBDC Network
- Office of Comptroller COVID-19 update
U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah
- State Gov COVID-19 Business Resources
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax info (deadline extended)
Vermont
- State Agency of Commerce & Community Development
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax info (deadline extended)
Virginia
- State Gov (scroll down to section labeled Support for Small Businesses)
- SBA District Office
- SBDC
- State Tax info (deadline extended)
Washington
Washington D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Government of Canada
- Gov of Canada Economic Response Plan (scroll down to Support to businesses section)
- Innovation Canada (Gov Agency)
- Business & Industry (Gov Agency)
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Ontario
- Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
- Small Business Access
- BDC
- CFIB
- Small Business Enterprise Centre Locations
- Chamber of Commerce
Prince Edward Island
Québec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
- Author: Taylor Mascia
- Published: April 01, 2020
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