BCC Resource Corner

The Business & Career Center can help you navigate through these unsure times--we'll be posting and updating resources that you or your business may need in the immediate future or long term. READ MORE

SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Immediate:

CUMBERLAND AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

CUMBERLAND AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LATEST NEWSLETTER

PayCheck Protection Program (PPP)

PA COVID-19 Working Capital Access Program

CARES Act—S.3548

Small Business Guidance and Loan Resources

Disaster Loan Assistance

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) webinar on navigating Small Business Loan Programs with FAQs

Small Business Association/NFIB

U.S. Chamber Commerce

Please see the website of your local:

PA State Senator or State Representative

State Offices: General Directory Info

For a list of resources, please see the website of your:

U.S. Senator or U. S. Representative

Short and Long Term:

Small Business Administration

Disaster Loan Applications

PA Business “One Stop Shop”

Business Resources for Veterans

Susquehanna SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Entrepreneurs)

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) @ Shippensburg Univ. of PA

SBDC Facebook Page

Resources for Minority-Owned Businesses in PA

Articles of Immediate Importance:

Need Money for Payroll?

Responding to COVID-19 for PA Businesses

Citizens Bank Business Resources - 7 ways to protect your business: business

EMPLOYMENT

Unemployment Compensation Information:

PUA (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance) UC, updated link

Attention UC Filers--If you have applied for UC recently and are waiting for a call from PA Dept. of Labor & Industry, please add their number to your phone contacts: (888) 313-7284

To apply for unemployment: PA State site or PA CareerLink site

CareerLink Job Gateway

For information about Unemployment Compensation - a quick-tip guide of important information from parameters of eligibility and filing to managing benefits, and what to expect moving forward: CareerOneStop.org

“Hiring Now” Job Openings:

Land O’ Lakes (Camp Hill and Carlisle)

GlaxoSmithKline/GSK Global

Extensive, current list of local businesses hiring now

Keystone Human Services

Chewy

Ollie’s Bargain Outlets

Pizza Hut

Penn Waste

Colonial Park Care Center

Country Meadows

IntegraCare (The Woods at Cedar Run and more)

Houck (Roofing Service)

Virtual Job Fairs:

Central PA Online Job Fair

ABC27 Virtual Job Fair

Job Search Sites:

CareerLink Job Gateway

EDUCATION

College Students: The FAFSA and PA State Grant deadline for application has been extended until May 15, 2020

See these sites for more info: FAFSA or PHEAA / FAFSA

Distance Learning:

Legislation:

For Veterans—S.3503

Certifications/Credentials:

LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com: Accessible through certain library cards or by subscription—available online through Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP), if you have a library card in PA, you can apply for a card from FLP. Secure your online card HERE

Universal Class: Accessible through certain library cards or by subscription—available online through Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP), if you have a library card in PA, you can apply for a card from FLP. Secure your online card HERE

Free online courses

Ivy League institutions (certifications available)

Ivy League Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCS, from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale.

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