Timeline

Applications are no longer being accepted for this program.

February 14th Application Period Opens

February 14th - March 25th Office Hours at the Shawnee Civic Centre

• February 14th, 8 AM - 5 PM

• March 10th, 8 AM - 5 PM - CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER

• RESCHEDULED DATE: March 15th, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM * Shawnee City Hall 1110 Johnson Drive

• March 24th, 8 AM - 5 PM

• March 25th, 8 AM - 9 PM

You do not need to have an appointment for application assistance. CCF staff will be providing assistance. If you have questions about the in-person application assistance please email grants@ccfkansas.org

March 25th Application Period Closes

March 29th - April 25th Application Review Process

May 16th Award Notifications

Quarterly Grant Reporting Required Through 2023

Businesses needed to prove minimum eligibility:

Applications are no longer being accepted for this program.

1.	Submit a completed application;

2.	Prove the business is legally operating and physically located in Shawnee, Kansas, and was in operating on July 1, 2021;

3.	Have 1-50 full time employees, or equivalent part-time employees, including the owner;

4.	Business must commit to retaining or creating jobs for low to moderate-income people;

5.	Must have an active City of Shawnee Business License;

6.	Businesses with multiple locations in Shawnee may receive assistance of each location. Businesses which previously received SERA funding are eligible to apply;

7.	Business cannot be nationally corporately owned, nor publicly traded. Local franchisees are eligible;

8.	Non-profits, and home-based businesses are not eligible;

9.	Businesses must demonstrate economic damages from business interruption caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency, excluding those costs covered by insurance or monies from any local, state and/or Federal programs in which your business currently has available to them;

10.	Strict prohibition of the “duplication of benefits”, which occurs when a person, household, business, or other entity receives assistance from multiple sources (local, private, State and/or Federal) for the same purpose (rent/lease/mortgage assistance) and the total assistance received for that purpose is more than the total needed.