PPP loans prioritize businesses with 20 employees or less, changes eligibility Next round of PPP Loans prioritizes smaller businesses PPP loan changes help Tallahassee small business owners and last updated 2021-02-23 18:06:26-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â More relief for small businesses struggling to rebound during this pandemic is on the way, with new changes to the Paycheck Protection Program known as PPP. The biggest change is on who is eligible to be part of the Payment Protection Program. That change was made to give more small and minority business owners a better chance at keeping their doors open. Trenice Seniors owns Celebrities Hair Design in Tallahassee. She says even before Governor Ron DeSantis called for salons to shut down in the spring of 2020, she was already feeling the pinch.