Hundreds apply for aid through City’s grant program City selects 165 small businesses to receive funding The PPP allows employers to apply for loans to keep their employees on payroll specifically during the coronavirus pandemic. Over 160 Turlock businesses facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 will soon receive aid thanks to the City of Turlock’s Small Business Relief Grant Program. The program is just one of many ways Turlock is spending nearly $3.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funding — $2.5 million from the CARES Act, and another $849,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The application period for the Small Business Relief Program went live on Nov. 6 and business owners were able to apply through Nov. 30.