Programs meant to provide economic relief to struggling small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic have left Leslie Fleuranges frustrated.
Fleuranges, owner of Tender Loving Care Pet Nursing Hotel in Topeka, tried to apply for such programs. But while researching her options, Fleuranges discovered she wasn t eligible for most of the government-funded loans and grants being offered by local, state and national entities.
Because Fleuranges opened her business last year, she isn t able to compare her 2020 revenue to that of previous years. And such comparisons are required of small businesses applying for those economic relief programs, such as the Paycheck Protection Program, as a way to demonstrate the coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on income.