Pennsylvania allocates $145M for small business grants in the hospitality industry bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Luzerne County was awarded $3,595,181 from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development that will be awarded as grants to help small businesses struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdowns.
The county must contract with a certified economic development organization or a community development financial institution, which in turn will disburse the funding through grants to eligible businesses, Luzerne County manager David Pedri said.
Eligible businesses are Luzerne County restaurants, bars and hotels, he said.
Pedri said information will be posted at luzernecounty.org when it starts and the application window will open no later than March 15.
In all, Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced Friday that the Pennsylvania Treasury has made $145 million available to help small businesses in the hospitality industry as they struggle to recover from the effects of the pandemic.
Pa. officials warn against unemployment benefits scammers
The scammers are obtaining personal information of Pennsylvanians through social media to file fraudulent benefit claims, or redirect payments to themselves. Author: Chelsea Koerbler (FOX43) Updated: 7:40 AM EST February 17, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. The PA Department of Labor and Industry and Office of Attorney General are urging Pennsylvanians to watch for fraud. They say, fraudsters are becoming even more bold in stealing personal information to collect unemployment money.
The Dept. of L&I says, scammers are trying to create fraudulent unemployment claims or log into existing ones and redirect unemployment benefits payments to themselves. The Dept. of L&I says, some of the ways scammers are accessing personal information is by phishing or spoofing attempts. They are:
Fraud, according to the U.S. Labor Department, is the primary reason more than $36 billion in unemployment payments have been lost since the pandemic began a year ago.
Scammers have largely focused on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, which was created by the federal CARES Act late last March. And this is going on in all states, the acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry said on Tuesday afternoon.
âFraudsters are stealing information,â Jennifer Berrier said during a virtual news briefing. âSome are creating Facebook pages that look like L&Iâs Facebook page or falsely identify themselves as L&I employees.
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