The City is offering the Local Economic Assistance Program (LEAP) to small and micro-enterprise businesses in the community. The LEAP program is financed with Federal funds from the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). Eligible businesses have the opportunity to receive up to $10,000 in grant funds. To qualify, the business must either (a) hire or (b) retain at least one full-time employee within the low-moderate income bracket established by HUD. To find out more information and see if your business qualifies for this program, please visit the www.jurupavalley.org/LEAP or click the link below. Applications are processed on a "first come, first served basis" contingent upon funding availability.
This form is available in English, Spanish, and over fifty (50) other languages. Use the Google Translate tool located on the bottom right of the screen to select your language preference.
Este formulario está disponible en inglés, español y en más de cincuenta (50) idiomas. Use la herramienta ‘Google Translate’ ubicada abajo a la derecha de la pantalla para seleccionar su idioma preferido.
Provide the name of the business owner. For businesses with multiple stockholders, provide name of the chief executive/administrative officer.
Provide the full home address of the business owner (Number, Street, City, State, and Zip)
Provide the phone number of business owner, including area code.
Provide email address of business owner.
Provide the name that the business conducts business as (ie: name of restaurant).
Provide the full legal name of the business entity conducting business.
Provide the street address of the business.
Provide the City, State, and Zip code for the business. Only Jurupa Valley businesses are eligible.
Primary phone number for business.
If applicable, email address that the business uses to conduct business.
If applicable, provide the website for the business.
Select the legal nature of the business.
Which one of these categories best describes your business? If none, select other.
If you answered "other" in the previous question about the type of business you have, please describe what your business is.
Currently, how many full-time employees (40 hours per week) work directly for your business? If none, put zero.
How many part-time employees (less than 40 hours per week) currently work for your business? If none, put zero.
Select the grant amount that you would like to receive based on the category of your business. Businesses with 6 or more employees are eligible for $10,000 grants. Businesses with 5 or less employees are eligible for $7,000 grants.
Did you receive your Jurupa Valley Business Registration as required? If so, when? If no, you need to obtain a business registration before submitting this form. Please contact City Hall at (951) 332-6464 for more information.
If you selected "Other" from the question above, please describe how COVID-19 has impacted your business.
Sometimes, businesses have multiple owners.
Full-time employees are employees that work 40 or more hours per week. If none, put zero.
If none, put zero.
Enter total revenue or gross sales of the business for the period of January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.
Enter total revenue or gross sales for the business for the period of January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020. Estimates are acceptable for this phase of the application process.
Has your business received any funds through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, Paycheck Protection Program, or any other Federal assistance program?
To date, has your business applied to receive a Federal Economic Disaster Loan, Paycheck Protection Program assistance, or any other Federal economic assistance program?
All funds received can only be used to make payments towards payroll, rent, or a mortgage.
To qualify to receive LEAP funds, your business must either (a) hire or (b) retain at least one full-time employee (FTE) or FTE equivalent. Employees must be retained for at least six (6) months. Additionally, employees hire must meet the low-moderate income designation provided by HUD. Income limits are described in the graphic below and determined by the size of the family (self + dependents) of the employee that's hired or retained.
How many full-time LEAP-eligible jobs will be added or retained with the use of grant funds? LEAP-eligible jobs must show a primary direct benefit to low to moderate-income people, as determined by HUD Household Income Limits provided above. If none, put zero.
How many LEAP-eligible jobs will be added or retained with the use of grant funds? LEAP-eligible jobs must show a primary direct benefit to low to moderate-income people, as determined by HUD Household Income Limits provided above. If none, put zero.
At this time, home-based businesses do not qualify to receive LEAP funds.
If so, the business or business owner may need to disclose additional information related to the ligation to receive LEAP funding.
Please provide a statement regarding how your business was specifically affected by COVID-19, including information that has not been requested in other parts of this form.
By submitting this form, I understand that this grant opportunity is being provided by the City of Jurupa Valley to provide relief for businesses impacted by COVID-19. I understanding that this is Phase 1 of 3 of the application process. I understand that if I receive notice that my business qualifies to participate in the LEAP grant process, I will need to provide further documentation to be verified by the City of Jurupa Valley. Receiving preliminary approval by submitting this Phase 1 application does not guarantee grant funds for my business. I understand that to ultimately receive grant funds, my business must hire or retain at least one employee in accordance with the Local Economic Assistance Program guidelines. By submitting this application, I am certifying that no outstanding tax liens or legal judgements against my business currently exist. I agree that by submitting this Phase 1 application, I am authorizing the City of Jurupa Valley to verify sources of income including, but not limited to, the submittal of a record request to the California Employment Development Department and other agencies administering unemployment benefits. By submitting this form, I certify that the above statements included in this application are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a false statement may disqualify me from benefits.
Provide the full name of the person that is authorizing the submission of this form. This will serve as your electronic signature.
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