Vaccines prevent the spread of COVID-19 and will help bring this pandemic to an end. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. After you’ve been fully vaccinated, you can start to do some things that you had to stop doing because of the pandemic.
Mental Health and Coping during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Everyone reacts differently to stressful situations such as an infectious disease outbreak. It is normal to experience a wide range of emotions.
This page lists resources and tools to help you or someone you know deal with stress, cope with grief, speak to children ...
Coronavirus Relief Options from SBA
Our nation’s small businesses are facing an unprecedented economic disruption due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. On Friday, March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the CARES Act, which contains $376 billion in relief for American workers and small businesses.
Funding Options
In addition to the traditional Small Business Administration (SBA) funding programs, the CARES Act established several new temporary programs to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
Paycheck Protection Program
This loan program provides loan forgiveness for retaining employees by temporarily expanding the traditional ...
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COVID-19: $800+ million to support small businesses and crisis response
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen around the world, it’s taking a devastating toll on lives and communities. To help address some of these challenges, Google is announcing a new $800+ million commitment to support small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), health organizations and governments, and health workers on the frontline of this global pandemic.
This commitment includes:
$250 million in ad grants to help the World Health Organization (WHO) and more than ...
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Changes in CA Health Insurance Laws – Are You Affected?
There are some pretty significant changes coming down the road for next year in California related to health insurance laws, focusing on mainly two huge changes for 2020:
- There is going to be a new state subsidy program that is aimed at helping over 235,000 Californians who would not have qualified for federal assistance before.
- The “individual mandate tax penalty” will be put in place again, which means that Californians who don’t want to purchase qualified health insurance are going to face ...
How Insurance Works – Premium, Deductible, Co-Insurance & Out-of-Pocket Maximum
An insurance policy is a financial contract between a policyholder and an insurer, which is almost always an insurance company. The insurer agrees to pay in the event that the person or property insured suffers a type of loss named in the policy. For example, an auto liability policy will pay for the damage sustained by another vehicle and any injuries to its occupants in an accident where you are at fault. A renters policy may pay for damage to ...
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