Business Council to Close COVID-19 Relief Program

The Wyoming Business Council will close applications for the COVID-19 Business Relief Program’s Agriculture and Endurance funds today at 8:00 pm. All eligible farmers, ranchers, businesses and nonprofits that have not applied should do so as soon as possible at wyobizrelief.org. The Business Council has received $28.7 -million in application requests from 367 agriculture producers and paid $8 million of the $18.9 million approved to date from the Agriculture Fund. This fund has $90- million available for farmers and ranchers who have experienced gross revenue losses and expenses in specific categories due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications for the Endurance Fund have outpaced funds currently available, but the Business Council encourages businesses and nonprofits in need to apply in case additional CARES Act money becomes available. This fund opened with $24-million allocated in unspent dollars from the Wyoming Legislature’s COVID-19 Business Relief Program. To date, more than 2,380 entities have submitted applications, totaling more than $217 million. Endurance Fund applicants are not guaranteed funding at this time and will be placed on wait-lists.