Credit: Ruth Pritchard
Ruth Pritchard
That was in December. Since then, state leaders say 2,721 of the 2,970 recipients of the South Carolina CARES Act Relief Grant Programs, including the Nonprofit Relief Grant Program, have received funds, but more than 200 businesses are still waiting. Currently, there are 235 minority and small businesses that have not received payment yet. Payments for those recipients are being processed through the state’s established payment process, which is used to make any payment on behalf of the state to various entities or vendors, Kelly Coakley, a spokesperson for the S.C. Department of Administration, said in a statement. Many of the applications left to be paid will need to provide additional financial information so that their information can be validated and their payments can be completed using the state’s normal processes. We are actively reaching out to those applicants.
Several small businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout the Lakelands have been awarded funding through the South Carolina CARES Act.
âIt helps stop the bleeding,â T.J. Jenks, general manager at Montagueâs Restaurant in Greenwood, said. âWe have had a ton of expenses that were sort of over and above.â
Jenks said revenue has also been down at the restaurant.
Montagueâs, operating under M3 Foods Inc., was awarded $25,000 through the SC CARES Act.
Two thousand two hundred and eighty-four minority and small businesses received grant relief from the $40 million allocated as a result of the legislation, a press release from the state Department of Administration said.
State finishes notifying SC CARES Act Relief Grant Program recipients
VIDEO: State finishes notifying SC CARES Act Relief Grant Program recipients By Riley Bean | December 31, 2020 at 12:07 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 6:10 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Administration says all SC Cares Act Relief Grant Programs applicants have been notified that they will be receiving grant funds.
Department of Administration Public Information Director Megan Moore said 2,970 applicants for the SC Cares Act Relief Grant Programs have been awarded grant funds.
Moore says this totals $65 million, through either the Minority and Small Business Relief Grant Program or the Nonprofit Relief Grant Program.